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Ojo Sarco, New Mexico

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Dixon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87521. It stands on Cañada Ancha. The Survey maps it on the Truchas quadrangle.

Ojo Sarco within Rio Arriba County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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.

Photographs

8 of 18 photographs shown, 1943

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. One-room school in an isolated mountainous Spanish-American community, which has eight grades and two teachers. Girl during afternoon recess
Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. One-room school in an isolated mountainous Spanish-American community, which has eight grades and two teachers. Girl during afternoon recess
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. One-room school in an isolated mountainous Spanish-American community, which has eight grades and two teachers. Most of the teaching is in Spanish, the language spoken in the children's homes, and as a result they rarely speak English fluently
Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. One-room school in an isolated mountainous Spanish-American community, which has eight grades and two teachers. Most of the teaching is in Spanish, the language spoken in the children's homes, and as a result they rarely speak English fluently
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. One-room school in an isolated mountainous Spanish-American community, which has eight grades and two teachers. The teachers have little equipment with which to work and the ABCs, penmanship, and grammar are taught on the blackboard
Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. One-room school in an isolated mountainous Spanish-American community, which has eight grades and two teachers. The teachers have little equipment with which to work and the ABCs, penmanship, and grammar are taught on the blackboard
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. One-room school in an isolated mountainous Spanish-American community, which has eight grades and two teachers. Afternoon recess
Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. One-room school in an isolated mountainous Spanish-American community, which has eight grades and two teachers. Afternoon recess
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. One-room school in an isolated mountainous Spanish-American community
Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. One-room school in an isolated mountainous Spanish-American community
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. Ojo Sarco valley is scattered with villages which have grown up around one family. The land is re-divided until its owners are forced to go elsewhere to make cash, while their families remain at home. In the distance is the valley of the Rio Grande
Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. Ojo Sarco valley is scattered with villages which have grown up around one family. The land is re-divided until its owners are forced to go elsewhere to make cash, while their families remain at home. In the distance is the valley of the Rio Grande
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. One-room school in an isolated mountainous Spanish-American community, which has eight grades and two teachers. Boy during afternoon recess
Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. One-room school in an isolated mountainous Spanish-American community, which has eight grades and two teachers. Boy during afternoon recess
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. Ojo Sarco Valley is scattered with villages which have grown up around one family. The land is re-divided until its owners are forced to go elsewhere to make cash, while their families remain at home. Lumber with which to build a pitched roof
Ojo Sarco, New Mexico. Ojo Sarco Valley is scattered with villages which have grown up around one family. The land is re-divided until its owners are forced to go elsewhere to make cash, while their families remain at home. Lumber with which to build a pitched roof
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Rio Arriba County

Fires near this place

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Ojo Sarco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 716 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 2 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
Natural31
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
3 September 2009Natural2.3 acresCarson National ForestCONCRETE
17 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson National Forestnot named
9 August 1995Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestOJITO
7 August 2012Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestOSO 2012
4 August 1994Natural1.0 acresCarson National Forestnot named
3 August 2005Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestMAEZ
29 August 2001Natural50 acresCarson National ForestHORSESHOE
28 August 2012Natural2.0 acresCarson National ForestCANADA DE LOS ALAMOS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Ojo Sarco: 6 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Beryllium, Lithium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Calcium, Beryllium, Tantalum. 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
Harding PegmatiteBeryllium, Lithium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), CalciumPast Producer1919, 1958
Harding PegmatiteTin, Tantalum, Lithium, BerylliumPast Producer1900, 1920
Harding Pegmatite Ext.Beryllium, TantalumOccurrence
Owen-Roybal GroupBeryllium, Niobium (Columbium), TantalumPast Producer1957
Owens-Roybal GroupBeryllium, Niobium (Columbium)Past Producer
Theodore Glass PropertyBeryllium, MicaProspect
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit No. 64-65-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Rio Arriba 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
La Cuestecita3.1 miles12
Cañoncito4.8 miles12
Truchas5.6 miles13
Montecito6.0 miles12
Apodaca6.7 miles12
Dixon7.7 miles11
Rinconada8.2 miles12
Cordova8.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 928763. 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.