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San Ignacio, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Las Vegas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87745. It stands on Rito Colorado. The Survey maps it on the Sapello quadrangle.

San Ignacio within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

85 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of San Ignacio between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,655 acres in total. 39 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
Natural39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Debris and open burning11
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2019Natural3.5 acresLas Vegas District20-40270239X
10 September 2017Natural20 acresSanta Fe National ForestBEAVER CREEK
9 August 2004Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestHERMIT
6 August 2015Natural1.0 acresSanta Fe National ForestDAVY
29 August 2015Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestTIJERA
24 August 2001Natural2.0 acresSanta Fe National ForestHERMIT
20 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
18 August 2010Natural1.0 acresLas Vegas DistrictPRITZLAFF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of San Ignacio: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Molybdenum, Molybdenum, Copper, Copper, Tungsten, Bismuth, Copper. 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
Baker GulchUraniumOccurrence
Bert Hoover Lode No. 1Molybdenum, Copper, Tungsten, BismuthPast Producer1914, 1916, 1950
El Porvenir DistrictCopper, Tungsten, MolybdenumOccurrenceQUARTZ PEGMATITE VEIN
PorverirMolybdenum, CopperOccurrenceMalachite, Molybdenite, Scheelite
Santo NinoMolybdenum, CopperProspect

Every working recorded in San Miguel County

Storms near this place

5 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Ignacio in 5 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Flash FloodSan Ignacio$30,000Local media shared a video on social media from a viewer showing flash flooding. Fast flowing water with hail and debris was flowing all across the property and beneath the home. Damage is an estimate. There were no reports of injuries or casualties.
September 2018HailSan Ignacio-Penny size hail near San Ignacio.
June 2017HailSan Ignacio-Hail up to the size of ping pong balls fell near Las Dispensas, NM.
July 2017HailSan Ignacio-Hail up to the size of half dollars in San Ignacio. Minor damage reported to trees.
July 2023HailSan Ignacio-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
Las Dispensas1.8 miles16
Canoncito2.6 miles16
Las Tusas3.8 miles16
Pendaries Village3.8 miles15
Manuelitas4.5 miles16
El Porvenir5.4 miles15
Sapello5.4 miles16
Rociada5.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 910623. 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.