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Perea, New Mexico

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Red Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87316. The Survey maps it on the Church Rock quadrangle. It stands 6,779 feet above sea level.

Perea within McKinley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

14 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Perea between 1993 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 6 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
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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
6 September 2009Natural5.7 acresCibola National ForestFT. WINGATE
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestWINGATE
3 August 1995Smokingunder an acreCibola National ForestRON
12 August 2004Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestBEAR SPRINGS
15 July 2012Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestWINGATE
1 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresBernalillo District21-60020008X
4 June 1995Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestWINGATE
21 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBernalillo District20-61880691X

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McKinley County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Perea: 16 unknowns, 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Vanadium, Geothermal. 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
Fort Wingate Army Depot WellGeothermalUnknown
Proj. Adap 8-35-0019-01StoneUnknown
San Antonio No. 1- 8 Placer ClaimsPumicePast Producer
Foutz No. 1 and No. 2 MinesUranium, VanadiumPast Producer1953, 1954
Westwater No. 1 MineUranium, VanadiumPast Producer1957, 1960
Brown Const. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in McKinley 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
Wingate1.5 miles15
Iyanbito2.5 miles14
Fort Wingate2.8 miles16
McCune4.1 miles15
Jamestown4.7 miles17
Church Rock4.7 miles15
Ciniza5.3 miles17
Navajo Wingate Village5.3 miles15

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 Q109675242The 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 898687. 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.