BlockSalitre, New Mexico
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Trementina census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87701. It stands on Salitre Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cabra Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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 Corazon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Corazon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Cabra Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Salitre between 2006 and 2019, burning about 4,334 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
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 2019 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 20-40310254X |
| 29 July 2016 | Natural | 1,680 acres | Las Vegas District | CACTUS FIRE |
| 14 June 2018 | Natural | 2,400 acres | Las Vegas District | LITTLE CONCHAS |
| 21 May 2006 | Natural | 250 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CABRA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Salitre: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Point, Mesa Montosa | Uranium | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabra Springs (historical) | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Montosa | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Corazon (historical) | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Adero Az | 11.0 miles | 6 | |
| Trementina | 11.1 miles | 13 | |
| Variadero | 11.3 miles | 6 | |
| New Trementina | 12.1 miles | 6 | |
| Trujillo | 12.8 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 Q122539317 | 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 902510. 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.