BlockPiedra Lumbre, New Mexico
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Laguna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87026. It stands on Arroyo Zia. The Survey maps it on the Arch Mesa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1883 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1899 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Arch Mesa quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Grants quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Piedra Lumbre between 1992 and 2013, burning about 127 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN |
| 22 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | AGUA |
| 20 July 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Laguna Agency | CHIMNEY |
| 15 July 2007 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Laguna Agency | LODGE POLE |
| 23 June 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 18 acres | Laguna Agency | RANCHER |
| 1 June 2009 | Natural | 44 acres | Laguna Agency | EL RITO |
| 1 June 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Laguna Agency | 279 |
| 6 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Laguna Agency | OLD MAN |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Piedra Lumbre: 6 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Copper, Lead, Barium-Barite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit 77-21-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Woodrow Mine | Uranium, Vanadium, Copper, Lead, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1951, 1953, 1956 | |
| Saint Anthony Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1955, 1957, 1980 | |
| F-9-2 Mine | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Jj #1 | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Uranium Deposit | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Uranium Deposit | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Uranium Deposit | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Uranium Deposit | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Uranium Deposit | Uranium | Unknown |
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.
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 Q122596054 | The 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 898688. 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.