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Old Town, New Mexico

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Albuquerque census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87104. The Survey maps it on the Albuquerque West quadrangle.

Old Town within Bernalillo County

On record in Old Town

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 within a mile 12 of 24 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Bernalillo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

2 photographs, 2020

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.

An enormous Christmas tree on the Old Town central plaza in Albuquerque, the largest city in New Mexico
An enormous Christmas tree on the Old Town central plaza in Albuquerque, the largest city in New Mexico
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The Plaza Indian Trading Post, a shop on the central square, photographed during the Christmas holiday season, in the historic Old Town neighborhood of Albuquerque, the largest city in New Mexico
The Plaza Indian Trading Post, a shop on the central square, photographed during the Christmas holiday season, in the historic Old Town neighborhood of Albuquerque, the largest city in New Mexico
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

96 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Old Town between 1993 and 2020, burning about 848 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined66
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural6
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2009Natural2.5 acresSouthern Pueblos AgencyTANK
26 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionROSE
21 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBRAV0
5 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRIVERSIDE
24 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDOUBLE
20 August 2011Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionROCKY RIDGE
11 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyBOUNDARY
7 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionANNE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bernalillo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Old Town: 19 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite, Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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
6026 North Second St. PlantPumiceUnknown
American Gypsum PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Mitchell ProspectMagnesiteProspect
Name Unknown Scoria DepositVolcanic MaterialsOccurrenceScoria
Albuquerque Gravel Prods.Co.PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Ben's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Carmony Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Efren&Sons PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 60-60-FSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 60-61-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Bernalillo 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
Los Duranes1.0 miles23
Albuquerque1.3 miles23
Atrisco1.3 miles23
Martinez Town1.6 miles23
Barelas1.7 miles23
Los Candelarias2.0 miles23
Five Points2.0 miles23
San Jose2.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 892901. 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.