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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.

San Miguel within San Miguel County

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.

Surveyed buildings and structures 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Photographs

8 of 24 photographs shown, 1914

Taken 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.

Bell Ranch, San Miguel Co., N.M
Bell Ranch, San Miguel Co., N.M
Bortell, P. Clinton, copyright claimant, photographer, 1914. Library of Congress
San Miguel del Vado, Territorial House, Upper Pecos River Valley, San Miguel, San Miguel County, NM
San Miguel del Vado, Territorial House, Upper Pecos River Valley, San Miguel, San Miguel County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Village of El Cerrito, Pecos River Valley, El Cerrito, San Miguel County, NM
Village of El Cerrito, Pecos River Valley, El Cerrito, San Miguel County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Romero Barn, Romeroville, San Miguel County, NM
Romero Barn, Romeroville, San Miguel County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
San Miguel Del Vado, General View, Upper Pecos River Valley, San Miguel, San Miguel County, NM
San Miguel Del Vado, General View, Upper Pecos River Valley, San Miguel, San Miguel County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Don Jose Albino Baca House, Old Santa Fe Trail, Las Vegas, San Miguel County, NM
Don Jose Albino Baca House, Old Santa Fe Trail, Las Vegas, San Miguel County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Church, Canoncito, San Miguel County, NM
Church, Canoncito, San Miguel County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Montezuma Hotel, Gallinas Canyon, Las Vegas, San Miguel County, NM
Montezuma Hotel, Gallinas Canyon, Las Vegas, San Miguel County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Every photograph of San Miguel County

Fires near this place

41 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined25
Debris and open burning8
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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 2009Naturalunder an acreLas Vegas DistrictLA PALOMA
24 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Division296
23 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGONZALES
9 July 2011Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestBEGOSO
31 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRAMON
3 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionFRAGUA
19 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLA MADERA
10 July 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPUEBLO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
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
Ribera0.6 miles15
Coruco0.7 miles15
El Ancon1.8 miles15
Lucero1.9 miles15
Upper Pueblo2.4 miles15
San Jose2.6 miles15
Lower Pueblo2.8 miles15
Barranco3.4 miles15

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.