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Pinon Ridge Estates, New Mexico

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the East Bernalillo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87008. It lies near Cienega Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sandia Park quadrangle.

Pinon Ridge Estates within Bernalillo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Pinon Ridge Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 160 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 5 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
Recreation and ceremony36
Natural36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Fireworks7
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
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
7 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestDOC LONG
26 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Division5 HILLS
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCibola National Forestnot named
15 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestDOC
4 August 2002Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestWALKER
3 August 2011Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestBEAR
28 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestKIWANIS 2
28 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestKIWANIS 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bernalillo 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 Pinon Ridge Estates: 9 unknowns, 5 producers, 4 occurrences, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Adobe Enterprises, Inc.ClayProducerSedimentary
Carbonatite DepositCobaltUnknown
Darrel ProspectLead, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1915
Gypsum PitGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Mary MGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Materials Pit 58-9-SLimestone, DimensionProducer
Mohawk ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-Barite, CopperOccurrenceBarite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite
Crusher PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Sandia Vista PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Bernalillo 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
San Antonito1.0 miles17
Cañoncito1.3 miles17
Sandia Park1.4 miles17
Sierra Vista Estates1.6 miles17
El Refugio2.4 miles18
Sandia Knolls2.5 miles17
Forest Park2.5 miles18
Rincon2.6 miles18

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 Q122595508The 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 2728248. 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.