Ranchito, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Taos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87571. It stands on Rio Lucero. The Survey maps it on the Taos quadrangle.
On record in Ranchito
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.
Severino Martinez Houselisted 1973 · 0.7 miles away
La Loma Plaza Historic Districtlisted 1982 · 1.0 miles away
Surveyed buildings and structures 3 records
- Jose Maria Martinez House, Ranchitofederal building survey, 9 photographs
- Leandro Martinez House, Ranchitofederal building survey, 8 photographs
- Pascual Martinez House, Ranchitofederal building survey, 9 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Taos quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Taos quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Taos quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
156 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Ranchito between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,028 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 9 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 | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Fireworks | 14 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Carson National Forest | TAOS CANYON |
| 24 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | SAN JI |
| 1 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | BOX CAR |
| 9 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | JUNIOR |
| 7 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | PUCK |
| 7 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.5 acres | Northern Pueblos Agency | GREEN |
| 7 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northern Pueblos Agency | SHACK |
| 6 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | RAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Ranchito: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ranchito in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2022: 1 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Ranchito | $75,000 | Localized heavy rain near Taos clogged an arroyo, causing water to flood the Los Cordovas area. Blueberry Hill Road at Lower Las Colonias Road was closed due to flash flooding with water two feet in depth. Two nearby houses had about one foot of standing water inside. New Mexico Highway 240 near Cotton Road was also closed due to four feet of water over the roadway. Damages are estimated. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Ranchito | - | Nickel size hail Blueberry Hill. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Ranchito | 0.8 miles | 11 | |
| Taos | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Cañon | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| El Prado | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Los Cordovas | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Ranchos de Taos | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Taos Pueblo | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Llano Quemado | 3.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 909989. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




