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San Pedro Overlook, 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 Overlook 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 Overlook between 1993 and 2018, burning about 37 acres in total. 12 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
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Fireworks6
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
21 August 2011Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSTORM
15 August 2000Natural5.0 acresCibola National ForestSAN PEDRO CREEK
6 July 2012Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPUERTOCITA
5 July 2012Natural1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionS. MOUNTAIN
5 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGILDEN
3 July 2001Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
25 July 2009Natural4.7 acresBernalillo DistrictSOUTH MTN.
21 July 2001Debris and open burning4.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSAN PEDRO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandoval County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of San Pedro Overlook: 8 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Cobalt, Uranium. 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
CarnahanManganesePast Producer1955
Carnahan MineZinc, Lead, Manganese, Silver, GoldPast Producer1885, 1955
Diamond Tail ProjectUraniumProspect
Las VegasIronPast Producer
San MiguelGold, SilverUnknown
San Pedro GarnetGarnetProspectMetamorphic
San Pedro MineCopper, Gold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer1835, 1845, 1982
A PlacerGoldProspect
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 Creek1.3 miles17
Puertecito3.7 miles20
Paako Communities3.8 miles17
La Madera4.9 miles17
Hagan (historical)6.7 miles20
Tejon (historical)8.7 miles20
Las Huertas8.7 miles20
Village de las Huertas8.8 miles20

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122588525The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2055898. 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.