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San Augustin, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Las Vegas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87701. It lies near Apache Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Los Montoyas quadrangle.

San Augustin within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

33 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of San Augustin between 1993 and 2020, burning about 754 acres in total. 22 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
Natural22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
2 September 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLIENDRE
9 August 2004Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionAGUSTIN
7 August 2020Natural95 acresLas Vegas District21-40350174X
7 August 2011Natural10 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionROCKY
28 August 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBLUE RIDGE
23 August 2011Natural10 acresLas Vegas DistrictWHITE
15 August 2009Natural3.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLA LIENDRE
31 July 2003Natural5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionAUGUSTIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of San Augustin: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in San Miguel County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Augustin in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2021Tornado (EFU)San Augustin-Multiple sources reported a large cone tornado that developed from a supercell northwest of Las Vegas. The tornado was on the ground for twelve minutes and traveled about 4.5 miles towards the southeast, but was in open country. No injuries or property damage were caused by the tornado.
June 2011HailSan Augustin-no account filed
June 2011HailSan Augustin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Miguel 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
Myers3.8 miles14
Los Montoyas4.2 miles14
La Liendre5.6 miles14
Sheridan5.8 miles14
Ojita6.0 miles14
Apache Springs6.4 miles14
Romero6.8 miles14
Cedar Hill6.9 miles15

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 Q122553108The 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 899892. 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.