Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Picuris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87579. It lies near Picuris Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Penasco quadrangle.
On record in Picuris Pueblo
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.
Picuris Pueblolisted 1974 · 0.1 miles away
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Pueblo of Picuris, Vadito Vicinity, Picuris Pueblofederal building survey, 1 photograph
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Penasco quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Taos quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Penasco quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Picuris Pueblo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 352 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2020 | Natural | 1.1 acres | Carson National Forest | HONDO CANYON |
| 9 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | OJITO |
| 7 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Cimarron District | UPPER LLANO |
| 28 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | GARCIA |
| 24 August 2010 | Natural | 270 acres | Carson National Forest | OJITO |
| 2 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | TBIRD |
| 19 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | CIRCLEASPE |
| 19 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Picuris Pueblo: 12 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Antimony | Past Producer | 1879, 1959 | |
| Champion Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Harding Pegmatite | Beryllium, Lithium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Calcium | Past Producer | 1919, 1958 | |
| Harding Pegmatite | Tin, Tantalum, Lithium, Beryllium | Past Producer | 1900, 1920 | |
| Harding Pegmatite Ext. | Beryllium, Tantalum | Occurrence | ||
| Owen-Roybal Group | Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum | Past Producer | 1957 | |
| Owens-Roybal Group | Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium) | Past Producer | ||
| Paul Burch Pegmatite | Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium, Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Picuris District | Copper, Lithium, Beryllium, Tantalum, Silver, Tungsten, Gold, Bismuth, Calcium, Kyanite, Niobium (Columbium) | Past Producer | LODE (VEIN) | |
| Theodore Glass Property | Beryllium, Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Picuris Pueblo in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Hail | Picuris Pueblo | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 928771. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




