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Rodarte, New Mexico

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Peñasco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87579. It stands on Cañada de los Alamos. The Survey maps it on the Penasco quadrangle.

Rodarte within Taos County

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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Rodarte between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,144 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 5 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
Natural44
Recreation and ceremony30
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson National ForestRIO CHIQUITO
17 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson National Forestnot named
9 August 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCarson National ForestAMOLE
9 August 1995Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestOJITO
8 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLIANO
8 August 2000Natural6.0 acresCarson National ForestMICA
7 August 2016Naturalunder an acreCimarron DistrictUPPER LLANO
4 August 2005Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestLLANO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taos County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Rodarte: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica. 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
M.I.C.A. MineMicaProducerMetamorphic
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
TojoMicaProducer
Tojo MineMicaProducer1954
U. S. Hill MineMicaPast Producer

Every working 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
Llano0.9 miles11
Llano Largo1.1 miles11
Peñasco1.4 miles11
Ojito2.4 miles11
Vadito2.7 miles11
Rio Pueblo2.9 miles11
Rock Wall3.2 miles11
Chamisal3.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 910413. 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.