San Miguel, 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 stands on Arroyo de Chamizal. The Survey maps it on the Sena quadrangle.
On record in San Miguel
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
San Miguel del Vado Historic Districtlisted 1972 · 0.1 miles away
Surveyed buildings and structures 3 records
- San Miguel Del Vado, General View, Upper Pecos River Valley, San Miguelfederal building survey, 4 photographs
- San Miguel del Vado, Territorial House, Upper Pecos River Valley, San Miguelfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- San Miguel Del Vado, Warehouse & Stable, Upper Pecos River Valley, San Miguelfederal building survey, 1 photograph
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1890 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Villanueva quadrangle1:62500
- 1983 USGS Villanueva quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Sena quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Sena quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
8 of 24 photographs shown, 1914Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Bortell, P. Clinton, copyright claimant, photographer, 1914. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Every photograph of San Miguel County
Fires near this place
41 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of San Miguel between 1993 and 2020, burning about 324 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Las Vegas District | LA PALOMA |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | 296 |
| 23 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GONZALES |
| 9 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | BEGOSO |
| 31 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RAMON |
| 3 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FRAGUA |
| 19 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LA MADERA |
| 10 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PUEBLO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of San Miguel: 4 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ribera | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| Coruco | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| El Ancon | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Lucero | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Upper Pueblo | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| San Jose | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Lower Pueblo | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Barranco | 3.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 915924. 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.








