San Pedro, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Socorro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87832. It stands on San Pedro Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the San Antonio quadrangle.

San Pedro within Socorro County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1948 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1981 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Oscura Mountains quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of San Pedro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,026 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 2 were 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	37
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Natural	8
Debris and open burning	7
Smoking	4
Arson/incendiarism	2
Recreation and ceremony	2

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
6 September 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge	TRACTOR FIRE
4 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	I-25MM128
13 August 2000	Natural	1.0 acres	Socorro Field Office	YORK
7 July 2009	Smoking	under an acre	Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge	139 FIRE
7 July 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	BENAVEDIZ
7 July 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Socorro Field Office	BENIVEDEZ
27 July 2003	Smoking	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	MM136-I25
27 July 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	MM141-I25

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Socorro County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of San Pedro: 4 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead, Volcanic Materials. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Name Unknown Pumice Deposit	Volcanic Materials	Occurrence	Pumice
U S Mining & Milling Corp Mill	Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit 61-40-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Materials Pit 61-43-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Materials Pit 72-1-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Materials Pit 73-9-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Socorro 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
San Antonio	1.4 miles	10
San Antonito	2.1 miles	10
Laborcita	2.8 miles	10
Bosquecito	4.6 miles	10
Kinney Wells	5.6 miles	10
Luis Lopez	5.9 miles	10
Tokay	6.0 miles	9
Old Carthage	6.5 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 923684. 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.