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Paako Communities, New Mexico

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

Paako Communities within Sandoval 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

82 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Paako Communities between 1993 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 16 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
Recreation and ceremony36
Natural16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Fireworks6
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism4
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
7 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestSKI
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandoval County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Paako Communities: 5 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Blue Sky ProspectCopper, Lead, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1912
Carbonatite DepositCobaltUnknown
Darrel ProspectLead, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1915
Gypsum PitGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Materials Pit #62-45-SStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Mohawk ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-Barite, CopperOccurrenceBarite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite
Western AdobeClayProducerSedimentary
Campbell Farming Corporation PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Aragon & Little ProspectFluorine-FluoriteUnknown

Every working recorded in Sandoval 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
San Pedro Creek2.8 miles17
La Madera3.4 miles17
San Pedro Overlook3.8 miles17
Puertecito6.5 miles20
Village de las Huertas9.1 miles20
Las Huertas9.1 miles20
Hagan (historical)9.2 miles20
Montezuma (historical)9.5 miles20

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.

Wikidata item Q122567601The 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 2055896. 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.