Quarteles, New Mexico

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Santa Fe North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87567. It stands on Arroyo de Quarteles. The Survey maps it on the Espanola quadrangle.

Quarteles within Santa Fe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

1892 USGS Santa Clara quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Espanola quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1953 USGS Espanola quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1978 USGS Los Alamos quadrangle1:100000
1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Espanola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
2002 USGS Espanola quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

281 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 281 fires within 5 miles of Quarteles between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,066 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 38 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
Debris and open burning	103
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	65
Arson/incendiarism	38
Natural	22
Fireworks	13
Misuse of fire by a minor	11
Smoking	10
Recreation and ceremony	8
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Other causes	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2

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
7 September 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Northern Pueblos Agency	BROKEN AX
7 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Santa Fe National Forest	RESUMEDERO
3 September 1992	Natural	4.5 acres	Bandelier National Monument	CHURCH
18 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Bernalillo District	RIO ARRIBA
6 August 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	M50
31 August 1998	Natural	under an acre	Santa Fe National Forest	JOE
31 August 1998	Natural	under an acre	Santa Fe National Forest	THINNING
26 August 1995	Natural	under an acre	Santa Fe National Forest	TANK

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 Quarteles: 2 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Chimayo Pit	Stone	Unknown
Rogers	Uranium	Occurrence
San Jose No 13 Claim	Uranium	Unknown
Bartholomew - Sanchez Grant Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Lowdermilk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Materials Pit No. 55-70-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Materials Pit No. 59-60-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Rancho Valle	0.5 miles	20
La Puebla	0.9 miles	16
Sombrillo	1.6 miles	20
Santa Cruz	1.8 miles	20
Arroyo Seco	2.0 miles	20
El Valle de Arroyo Seco	2.2 miles	20
Santo Nino	2.6 miles	20
Potrero	4.2 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 909916. 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.