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New Laguna, New Mexico

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Laguna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87026. It stands on Encinal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Laguna quadrangle. It stands 5,869 feet above sea level.

New Laguna within Cibola County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

211 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of New Laguna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 716 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 14 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning55
Smoking45
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Fireworks17
Natural16
Arson/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use12
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencySEMI
29 September 2000Naturalunder an acreLaguna AgencyOLD LADY
21 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLaguna AgencyWELDER
19 September 2011Naturalunder an acreLaguna AgencyFEAST
8 August 2003Smokingunder an acreLaguna AgencyGARAGE
31 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLaguna AgencyDEADMAN'S CURVE
3 August 1994Natural1.0 acresLaguna AgencyTIN CAN
29 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresLaguna AgencyMIDNIGHT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cibola County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of New Laguna: 5 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bentonite DepositBentoniteUnknown
ParajeUraniumUnknown
Laguna Pueblo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials Pit 59-2-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 61-35-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 62-30-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Cibola County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Laguna2.1 miles18
Casa Blanca2.6 miles18
Paraje3.0 miles18
Harrisburg4.3 miles18
Philadelphia4.8 miles18
Seama5.4 miles18
New York5.7 miles18
Encinal5.7 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on New LagunaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14706074The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899812. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.