No Agua, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tres Piedras census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87577. It lies near Martinez Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Tres Piedras quadrangle. It stands 8,179 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tres Piedras quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Wheeler Peak quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Tres Piedras quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
42 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of No Agua between 1996 and 2020, burning about 898 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | PIEDRAS |
| 24 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Carson National Forest | BONE YARD |
| 22 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | SNAG |
| 27 August 2001 | Natural | 10 acres | Carson National Forest | LAMY |
| 26 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carson National Forest | GOLF |
| 16 August 2012 | Natural | 173 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SE CERRO DE A |
| 13 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | SALT |
| 11 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | DEER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of No Agua: 9 producers, 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Perlite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit No. 58-79-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 58-81-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| El Grande Mine | Perlite | Producer | 1948, 1958 | |
| El Grande Mine | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Grefco No Agua Plant | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Johns-Manville Mine 1959 | Perlite | Producer | 1948, 1951 | |
| Johns-Manville Mine and Plant | Perlite | Producer | ||
| No Agua Mine | Perlite | Producer | ||
| No Agua Mine Grefco | Perlite | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tres Piedras | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Servilleta | 11.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sunshine Valley | 18.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cerro | 19.0 miles | 9 | |
| Lama | 19.2 miles | 9 | |
| Sunshine | 19.4 miles | 9 | |
| San Cristobal | 19.5 miles | 9 | |
| Buena Vista | 19.8 miles | 9 |
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 No Agua | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7043957 | The 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 909094. 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.




