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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1892 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Sandia Park quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Sandia Park quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
82 since 1993Regional 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 ceremony | 36 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | DOC LONG |
| 15 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | DOC |
| 7 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | SKI |
| 4 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | WALKER |
| 28 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | KIWANIS 2 |
| 28 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | KIWANIS 3 |
| 21 August 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | CIENAGA |
| 2 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | ARMIJO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Sky Prospect | Copper, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | 1912 | |
| Carbonatite Deposit | Cobalt | Unknown | ||
| Darrel Prospect | Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | 1915 | |
| Gypsum Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit #62-45-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Mohawk Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-Barite, Copper | Occurrence | Barite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite | |
| Western Adobe | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Campbell Farming Corporation Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Aragon & Little Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Pedro Creek | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| La Madera | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| San Pedro Overlook | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Puertecito | 6.5 miles | 20 | |
| Village de las Huertas | 9.1 miles | 20 | |
| Las Huertas | 9.1 miles | 20 | |
| Hagan (historical) | 9.2 miles | 20 | |
| Montezuma (historical) | 9.5 miles | 20 |
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 Q122567601 | The 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.







