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Potrero, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Santa Fe North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87522. It stands on Rio Quemado. The Survey maps it on the Cundiyo quadrangle.

Potrero within Santa Fe County

On record in Potrero

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Potrero between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,287 acres in total. 20 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Debris and open burning27
Natural20
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestRESUMEDERO
3 September 1992Natural4.5 acresBandelier National MonumentCHURCH
18 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreBernalillo DistrictRIO ARRIBA
6 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionM50
31 August 1998Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestJOE
31 August 1998Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestTHINNING
28 August 2018Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestRIO
25 August 1998Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestBORDO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Fe County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Potrero: 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Mica, Iron, Stone. 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
Chimayo PitStoneUnknown
CundiyoIronOccurrence
Green Rock MineMicaPast Producer1955, 1956
Unnamed ProspectsMicaProspect
Hubbard ProspectUraniumProspect
MarionUraniumUnknown
RogersUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Santa Fe 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 Chiquito1.8 miles12
Cundiyo2.9 miles16
La Puebla3.3 miles16
Escondillo3.4 miles16
Rancho Valle4.0 miles20
Quarteles4.2 miles20
Arroyo Seco5.4 miles20
El Valle de Arroyo Seco5.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 918471. 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.