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Peñasco Blanco, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Las Vegas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87742. The Survey maps it on the Sapello quadrangle.

Peñasco Blanco within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

72 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Peñasco Blanco between 1994 and 2017, burning about 295 acres in total. 36 started naturally. None was 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
Natural36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use5
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
8 August 2005Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCHARLIE
8 August 2002Natural1.5 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionFOX
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGARCIA
27 August 2009Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMARRUJO
16 August 2011Naturalunder an acreLas Vegas District9 MILE
1 August 2000Natural2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSTEVE
8 July 2013Natural1.0 acresLas Vegas DistrictCEBOLLITA
7 July 2000Natural1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCARMEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Peñasco Blanco: 6 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc. 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
Joe Matt & Sam Adams MineLead, Copper, Silver, ZincUnknown
Martinez PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Good Hope MineZincUnknown
Unnamed MineZincUnknown
Unnamed MineZincUnknown
Unnamed ProspectsZincOccurrence

Every working recorded in San Miguel 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
Tierra Monte0.6 miles16
Upper Rociada4.2 miles15
Rociada4.5 miles15
Pendaries Village4.9 miles15
Canoncito4.9 miles16
Manuelitas5.9 miles16
San Ignacio6.6 miles16
Las Tusas7.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 909545. 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.