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Ojo Caliente, New Mexico

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tres Piedras census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87549. It stands on Arroyo de la Plaza. The Survey maps it on the Ojo Caliente quadrangle. 135 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,250 feet above sea level.

Ojo Caliente within Taos County

On record in Ojo Caliente

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Ojo Caliente between 1992 and 2017, burning about 30 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
27 August 2011Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestHONDO
25 August 2001Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPRIVATE
1 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionOLIVER
9 July 2013Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestCERRO FIRE
8 July 2000Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestPLAZA
23 July 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPETACA
29 June 1992Smokingunder an acreAlbuquerque District OfficeOJITO
28 June 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlbuquerque District OfficeRANCHO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Ojo Caliente: 13 prospects, 6 unknowns, 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Quartz. 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
Los CompadresQuartzUnknown
UnknownGeothermalUnknown
Unknown SpringGeothermalUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit No. 62-39-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 62-42-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 78-10-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 78-41-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Antonio Joseph ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Taos County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ojo Caliente in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Flash FloodOjo Caliente$25,000Heavy rain in Ojo Caliente resulted in flash flooding. Flood waters reportedly entered at least one mobile home, and debris and water covered many secondary roads east of U.S. Highway 285. The extent of damage to the mobile home is unknown, and damages are a rough estimate.

Every storm recorded in Taos 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
Howiri-Ouinge Historic Site (historical)0.0 miles12
Solo5.5 miles12
Taos Junction8.9 miles12
Barranca9.9 miles12
Pilar13.9 miles12
Carson15.5 miles12
Vallecito17.1 miles12
Servilleta18.2 miles9

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 Ojo CalienteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7081640The 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 909309. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.