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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.

Ranchito within Taos County

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.

Surveyed buildings and structures 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

156 since 1992

Regional 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 burning54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Natural17
Fireworks14
Smoking10
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Other causes2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
27 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCarson National ForestTAOS CANYON
24 September 2001Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencySAN JI
1 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyBOX CAR
9 August 1996Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyJUNIOR
7 August 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyPUCK
7 August 1995Misuse of fire by a minor2.5 acresNorthern Pueblos AgencyGREEN
7 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorthern Pueblos AgencySHACK
6 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyRAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taos County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Taos County

Storms near this place

2 since 2014

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2022Flash FloodRanchito$75,000Localized 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 2014HailRanchito-Nickel size hail Blueberry Hill.

Every storm recorded in Taos 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
Lower Ranchito0.8 miles11
Taos1.3 miles11
Cañon2.0 miles11
El Prado2.3 miles11
Los Cordovas2.4 miles9
Ranchos de Taos3.2 miles10
Taos Pueblo3.7 miles11
Llano Quemado3.9 miles10

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.