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San Pedro Creek, New Mexico

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Rio Rancho census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87047. The Survey maps it on the Sandia Park quadrangle.

San Pedro Creek within Sandoval County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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 Pedro Creek between 1993 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 10 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/undetermined12
Natural10
Fireworks6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
4 August 2002Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestWALKER
21 August 2011Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSTORM
16 August 2010Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestMADERA
15 August 2000Natural5.0 acresCibola National ForestSAN PEDRO CREEK
6 July 2012Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPUERTOCITA
5 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGILDEN
25 July 2009Natural4.7 acresBernalillo DistrictSOUTH MTN.
16 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMADERA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandoval County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of San Pedro Creek: 5 past producers, 3 unknowns, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold. 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
Carbonatite DepositCobaltUnknown
Carnahan MineZinc, Lead, Manganese, Silver, GoldPast Producer1885, 1955
Diamond Tail ProjectUraniumProspect
Mohawk ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-Barite, CopperOccurrenceBarite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite
MontezumaGold, SilverPast Producer
Blue Sky ProspectCopper, Lead, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1912
Crummy Number One ProspectCopper, Lead, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
New Mexico PlacerGoldProspect
Aragon & Little ProspectFluorine-FluoriteUnknown
Campbell Farming Corporation PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Sandoval 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
San Pedro Overlook1.3 miles17
Paako Communities2.8 miles17
La Madera3.6 miles17
Puertecito3.8 miles20
Hagan (historical)6.8 miles20
Las Huertas8.0 miles20
Village de las Huertas8.0 miles20
Montezuma (historical)8.2 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2055899. 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.