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Pinos Altos, New Mexico

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Villanueva census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87560. It lies near Cañon de Jacinto. The Survey maps it on the Aurora quadrangle.

Pinos Altos within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

12 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Pinos Altos between 1993 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionAURORA
23 June 2006Natural1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
21 June 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHAZMAT
17 June 2003Natural1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPACO
22 May 2020Smoking1.5 acresLas Vegas District20-40640538X
20 May 1993Naturalunder an acreAlbuquerque District OfficeAURORA
30 March 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBLANCO
11 March 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionARELLANO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pinos Altos: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in San Miguel 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 Juan1.8 miles15
Aurora3.3 miles15
Gonzales Ranch6.8 miles15
Villanueva7.3 miles15
Lovato8.6 miles15
El Cerrito8.8 miles15
Sena9.3 miles15
La Fragua10.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 909726. 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.