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Paa-Ko, New Mexico

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the East Bernalillo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87047. The Survey maps it on the Sandia Park quadrangle.

Paa-Ko within Bernalillo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

69 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Paa-Ko between 1993 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural11
Fireworks6
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Smoking1

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 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestDOC LONG
15 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestDOC
4 August 2002Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestWALKER
28 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestKIWANIS 2
28 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestKIWANIS 3
21 August 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestCIENAGA
2 August 2019Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestARMIJO
16 August 2010Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestMADERA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bernalillo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Paa-Ko: 5 past producers, 4 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Carbonatite DepositCobaltUnknown
Darrel ProspectLead, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1915
Materials Pit #62-45-SStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Mohawk ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-Barite, CopperOccurrenceBarite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite
MontezumaGold, SilverPast Producer
Blue Sky ProspectCopper, Lead, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1912
Crummy Number One ProspectCopper, Lead, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Campbell Farming Corporation PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit Number 58-77-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Sandia Knolls2.2 miles17
San Antonito2.7 miles17
Magic Valley3.0 miles17
Sandia Park3.1 miles17
Pinon Ridge Estates3.7 miles17
Frost (historical)3.9 miles17
Cañoncito4.9 miles17
Dennis Chaves Estates5.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806683. 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.