San Miguel, New Mexico
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Cuba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87013. It lies near San Miguelito Canyon. The Survey maps it on the San Pablo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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 Jemes quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Jemes quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Jemez quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS La Ventana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS La Ventana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1970 USGS San Pablo quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Los Alamos quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 2002 USGS San Pablo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
68 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of San Miguel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 87 acres in total. 47 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 47 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Albuquerque District Office | HWY 44 |
| 23 September 2000 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | AUTUMN |
| 14 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | SAN MIGUEL |
| 14 September 2018 | Natural | 14 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | BALES |
| 8 August 1993 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
| 8 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
| 6 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
| 30 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of San Miguel: 11 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Brothers Mine | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | 1954, 1955, 1959 | |
| Clod Buster No. 1 | Stone | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| San Miguel Mine | Silver, Copper, Uranium, Vanadium, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1882, 1884, 1966 | |
| Kolosa Placer Claim | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Warm Springs | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit Number 61-34-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Pablo | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Señorito | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Copper City (historical) | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Deer Lake | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| LaVentana | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Lagunitas | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| O'Neil Landing | 7.0 miles | 20 | |
| Cuba | 7.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 910672. 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.











