Sabinoso, New Mexico
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Conchas Dam census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87746. It lies near CaƱon Sabinoso. The Survey maps it on the Sabinoso quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Sabinoso quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Roy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Sabinoso between 1996 and 2016, burning about 590 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CARLOS |
| 23 July 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 17 MILE |
| 17 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 9 June 1996 | Natural | 24 acres | Albuquerque District Office | GRANDE |
| 15 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Las Vegas District | GUTIERREZ |
| 24 April 2000 | Natural | 10 acres | Taos Field Office | TRAILER |
| 24 March 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BACK |
| 23 January 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GUTIERREZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Sabinoso: 10 unknowns, 4 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Vanadium, Vanadium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bish No 2 Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Lester's Cabin | Vanadium, Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Cip Lujan | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| El Villa Claim | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Hunt Oil Co | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Key Claims | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Lujan Cattle Co | Uranium | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sabinoso in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2013: 2 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Sabinoso | $10,000 | Sabinoso experienced a highly intense rainfall event that caused severe damage to CR-55-A. Runoff severely eroded the roadway including the complete removal of the sub-base and base course materials. Cutting of drainage ditches was severe and left deep crevasses along the edge of the driving lanes that created a severe safety issue for motor vehicles. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Sabinoso | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Sabinoso | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancon | 1.5 miles | 7 | |
| Sanchez | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| San Ramon | 10.5 miles | 7 | |
| San Rafael | 14.5 miles | 6 | |
| New Trementina | 16.8 miles | 6 | |
| Trementina | 17.0 miles | 13 | |
| Trujillo | 18.8 miles | 13 | |
| Corazon (historical) | 20.3 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122565256 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899887. 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.



