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San Miguel, New Mexico

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Vallecitos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81120. It stands on Lola Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bighorn Peak quadrangle.

San Miguel within Rio Arriba County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

36 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of San Miguel between 1993 and 2020, burning about 320 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 2 were 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
Natural20
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
6 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestFLORENTINO
4 August 2016Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestSUBLETE
23 August 2017Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestBUCK
23 August 2004Natural1.0 acresCarson National ForestSCHOOL HOUSE
20 August 2012Naturalunder an acreSan Luis Valley Field OfficeSAPO
2 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCarson National ForestBIG HORN
15 August 2020Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestCHINO LAKE
12 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCarson National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of San Miguel: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Rio Arriba 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
Big Horn2.2 miles12
Lava3.7 miles12
Sublette4.1 miles12
Los Pinos5.4 miles12
Toltec6.1 miles15
San Antonio (historical)6.9 miles12
Crowther Cow Camp19.1 miles14
Lobato20.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 910673. 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.