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Porter, New Mexico

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Jemez-Zia census division. It stands on Rio de las Vacas. The Survey maps it on the San Miguel Mountain quadrangle.

Porter within Sandoval County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

219 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of Porter between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,838 acres in total. 147 started naturally. 1 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
Natural147
Recreation and ceremony50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestFORD
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestPORTER
4 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestSTUMP
23 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestDENADO
23 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestBLANKET
22 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestDIEGO
21 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestLAKE FORK
19 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Fe National ForestMESA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandoval County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Porter: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Geothermal. 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
Deer Creek ProspectUraniumOccurrence
Jemez Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown

Every working recorded in Sandoval 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
O'Neil Landing3.3 miles20
Deer Creek Landing5.2 miles18
Jemez Springs6.1 miles24
Seven Springs7.0 miles25
Gilman7.2 miles18
La Cueva8.5 miles24
San Miguel9.3 miles19
LaVentana9.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 909796. 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.