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San Juan, New Mexico

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Villanueva census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87560. It lies near Arroyo Chimaja. The Survey maps it on the San Juan quadrangle.

San Juan within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

14 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of San Juan between 1993 and 2016, burning about 279 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
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
7 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionAURORA
25 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionKEITNER
21 June 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHAZMAT
17 June 2003Natural1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPACO
10 June 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined70 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionANDREW
20 May 1993Naturalunder an acreAlbuquerque District OfficeAURORA
30 March 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBLANCO
22 March 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMONTE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of San Juan: 1 unknown. 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

Every working 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
Pinos Altos1.8 miles15
Aurora4.4 miles15
Villanueva8.4 miles15
Gonzales Ranch8.6 miles15
El Cerrito9.4 miles15
Lovato9.9 miles15
Sena10.6 miles15
La Fragua11.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 910643. 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.