BlockPuertecito, New Mexico
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Magdalena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87825. It lies near Cottonwood Draw. The Survey maps it on the Puertecito quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Puertecito quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Magdalena quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Puertecito quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Puertecito between 2000 and 2006, burning about 23 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 June 2006 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Cibola National Forest | MONTOSA |
| 26 June 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | ROCK |
| 11 June 2000 | Natural | 20 acres | Socorro Field Office | SALADO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Puertecito: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name Unknown Scoria Deposit | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | Scoria |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Padilla Settlement | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| Alamo | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Riley | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Magdalena | 24.2 miles | 10 | |
| Kelly | 27.1 miles | 10 | |
| Augustine (historical) | 27.4 miles | 6 | |
| Alamillo | 28.6 miles | 9 | |
| San Geronimo | 28.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 923653. 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.