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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.

Picuris Pueblo within Taos County

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.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

73 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural38
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
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
16 September 2020Natural1.1 acresCarson National ForestHONDO CANYON
9 August 1995Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestOJITO
7 August 2016Naturalunder an acreCimarron DistrictUPPER LLANO
28 August 2011Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyGARCIA
24 August 2010Natural270 acresCarson National ForestOJITO
2 August 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyTBIRD
19 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyCIRCLEASPE
19 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Champion MineCopper, Silver, Gold, AntimonyPast Producer1879, 1959
Champion MineSilver, Copper, GoldProspect
Harding PegmatiteBeryllium, Lithium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), CalciumPast Producer1919, 1958
Harding PegmatiteTin, Tantalum, Lithium, BerylliumPast Producer1900, 1920
Harding Pegmatite Ext.Beryllium, TantalumOccurrence
Owen-Roybal GroupBeryllium, Niobium (Columbium), TantalumPast Producer1957
Owens-Roybal GroupBeryllium, Niobium (Columbium)Past Producer
Paul Burch PegmatiteNiobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium, MicaPast Producer
Picuris DistrictCopper, Lithium, Beryllium, Tantalum, Silver, Tungsten, Gold, Bismuth, Calcium, Kyanite, Niobium (Columbium)Past ProducerLODE (VEIN)
Theodore Glass PropertyBeryllium, MicaProspect

Every working recorded in Taos County

Storms near this place

1 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2008HailPicuris Pueblo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Taos 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
Rio Lucio0.9 miles11
Vadito2.2 miles11
Peñasco2.5 miles11
Chamisal2.8 miles11
Rodarte3.9 miles11
Rio Pueblo3.9 miles11
Ojito4.2 miles11
Llano4.5 miles11

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.