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Puye, New Mexico

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Santa Clara Pueblo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87532. It lies near Sawyer Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Puye quadrangle.

Puye within Rio Arriba County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Puye between 1992 and 2020, burning about 180 acres in total. 53 started naturally. 6 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
Natural53
Recreation and ceremony7
Arson/incendiarism6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
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
8 September 2009Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestCABRA
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestGUAJE
9 August 2008Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyCABALLO
8 August 2018Natural2.6 acresCarson National ForestPOSOS
3 August 2013Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestGARCIA
3 August 2008Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestSNAG
24 August 2005Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyROCK
23 August 1994Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyBIA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Puye: 5 producers, 5 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz. 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
Riverside 1 & 4 MineFluorine-Fluorite, QuartzPast Producer
Espanola Transit Mix CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit No. 69-8-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Pit 67-23-5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sebastian & Martin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wayne A Lowdermilk IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Copar MillPumiceProducer
Copar MinePumiceProducer
Cullum PitPumiceProducer
Cupar MinePumicePast Producer

Every working recorded in Rio Arriba 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
Clara Peak4.4 miles14
San Lorenzo6.1 miles14
Santa Clara Pueblo7.5 miles20
Santa Clara7.6 miles20
Guachupangue7.8 miles20
El Guacho8.0 miles15
Recheulos8.0 miles14
EspaƱola8.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 918307. 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.