Pajarito, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Albuquerque census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87105. The Survey maps it on the Isleta quadrangle. It stands 4,915 feet above sea level.
On record in Pajarito
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Hubbell, James Lawrence and Juliana Gutierrez y Chavez, Houselisted 2015 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1952 USGS Isleta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Belen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Isleta quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
268 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Pajarito between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,256 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 136 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | RIVER |
| 3 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PADILLA |
| 3 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge | LAGUNITAS FIRE |
| 20 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 12 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
| 9 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SOUTH COORS |
| 8 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | MONTESSA |
| 8 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | ALFAFA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Pajarito: 20 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinney Brick Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Parea Mesa Pit & Crushing | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Ben's Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Efren&Sons Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Materials Pit #67-39-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit #67-41-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 60-23-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 60-61-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Mc Elroy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Padillas | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Barr | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Mountainview | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| South Valley | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Kinney | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Arenal | 4.6 miles | 23 | |
| Armijo | 4.8 miles | 23 | |
| Isleta | 5.5 miles | 10 |
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 Q110064000 | 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 893029. 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.





