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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.

Pajarito within Bernalillo County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

268 since 1992

Regional 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 burning136
Missing data/not specified/undetermined90
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
8 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouthern Pueblos AgencyRIVER
3 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPADILLA
3 August 2017Naturalunder an acreValle de Oro National Wildlife RefugeLAGUNITAS FIRE
20 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
12 August 1994Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National Forestnot named
9 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSOUTH COORS
8 July 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyMONTESSA
8 July 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyALFAFA

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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kinney Brick PlantClayProducer
Parea Mesa Pit & CrushingStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Ben's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Efren&Sons PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials Pit #67-39-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit #67-41-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 60-23-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 60-61-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Mc Elroy PitSand 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 Padillas1.2 miles10
Barr1.7 miles10
Mountainview1.8 miles10
South Valley1.9 miles23
Kinney2.5 miles23
Arenal4.6 miles23
Armijo4.8 miles23
Isleta5.5 miles10

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 Q110064000The 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.