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Pajarito, New Mexico

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Santa Fe North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87506. It stands on Pojoaque River. The Survey maps it on the Puye quadrangle. It stands 5,525 feet above sea level.

Pajarito within Santa Fe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Pajarito between 1992 and 2020, burning about 267 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 12 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 burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism12
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Other causes2

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 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyBROKEN AX
14 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyDUMP 2
1 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyLUCERO
9 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern Pueblos Agency107 FIRE
6 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyELM
4 July 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorthern Pueblos Agency6 MILE
2 July 1992Smokingunder an acreAlbuquerque District OfficeSECO
16 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresNorthern Pueblos AgencyJACONA 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Fe County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pajarito: 8 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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
White Eagle Pumice Mine 1PumiceUnknown
White Eagle Pumice Mine 2PumiceUnknown
White Eagle Pumice Mine 3PumiceUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Santa Fe 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 Ildefonso Pueblo1.0 miles20
Otowi2.2 miles19
El Rancho2.8 miles20
Totavi3.3 miles19
Jaconita3.8 miles20
Jacona4.6 miles20
Buckman5.3 miles20
Pojoaque5.6 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 Q110064009The 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 918279. 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.