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Pueblito, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Socorro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87832. It stands on Arroyo de la Parida. The Survey maps it on the Socorro quadrangle.

Pueblito within Socorro County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

69 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Pueblito between 1994 and 2020, burning about 982 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
21 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSocorro Field OfficePOWER LINE 2
12 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCONFLUENCE
24 August 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRUSSIAN
24 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMONSOON
4 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSocorro Field OfficeMM152
4 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Division6TH STREET
4 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionFLORIDA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Socorro County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Pueblito: 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Barium-Barite, Calcium, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silica. 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
Gonzales ProspectCalcium, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, SilicaOccurrence
Chupadero MinesCopperOccurrenceStratiform
Chupadero MinesCopperProspect
El CoyoteBarium-BariteProspect
El Coyote DepositBarium-BariteOccurrence1955
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 56-73-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 57-55-FSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 59-64-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Socorro 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
Escondida1.7 miles14
Florida2.4 miles14
Lemitar3.1 miles13
Socorro4.4 miles14
McNierney5.2 miles13
Tajo (historical)5.6 miles15
Polvadera6.2 miles13
Chamizal6.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 923652. 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.