Rosario, New Mexico
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Santa Fe South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87010. It stands on Arroyo Largo. The Survey maps it on the Madrid quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1892 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Madrid quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Madrid quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Rosario between 1992 and 2020, burning about 869 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HOTMIX |
| 13 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | TURN OFF |
| 31 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | SF22 |
| 13 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bernalillo District | 21-60530187X |
| 9 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bernalillo District | 21-60190054X |
| 6 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | OBOY |
| 6 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RY |
| 4 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.6 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | INDEPENDENCE |
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 Rosario: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Uranium, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| La Bajada | Uranium, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| La Bajada Mine | Copper, Uranium, Silver, Molybdenum, Cobalt, Germanium, Nickel, Thorium, Sulfur, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1915, 1979 | |
| Lone Star Mine | Uranium, Tin, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper | Past Producer | 1915 | |
| Unnamed Cinder Pits | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Blackshere Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Hiser-Moore Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Rosario | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Rosario Open-Pit Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | 1960, 1983 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waldo (historical) | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| La Bajada | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Los Cerrilos | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Cerrillos | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Madrid | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bonanza City (historical) | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| La Cienega | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Cieneguilla | 9.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899880. 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.







