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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.

Rosario within Santa Fe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

44 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use15
Smoking4
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
25 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHOTMIX
13 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyTURN OFF
31 August 2017Naturalunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencySF22
13 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBernalillo District21-60530187X
9 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBernalillo District21-60190054X
6 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionOBOY
6 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRY
4 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresSouthern Pueblos AgencyINDEPENDENCE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Fe 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
La BajadaUranium, Copper, SilverPast Producer
La Bajada MineCopper, Uranium, Silver, Molybdenum, Cobalt, Germanium, Nickel, Thorium, Sulfur, ArsenicPast Producer1915, 1979
Lone Star MineUranium, Tin, Silver, Molybdenum, CopperPast Producer1915
Unnamed Cinder PitsPumiceUnknown
Blackshere ProspectUraniumOccurrence
Hiser-Moore ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
RosarioGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Rosario Open-Pit MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer1960, 1983

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Waldo (historical)4.7 miles17
La Bajada5.3 miles18
Los Cerrilos6.2 miles17
Cerrillos6.3 miles17
Madrid6.4 miles17
Bonanza City (historical)7.0 miles17
La Cienega7.7 miles18
Cieneguilla9.7 miles17

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.