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Sands, 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 87565. It stands on El Rito. The Survey maps it on the San Jose quadrangle.

Sands within San Miguel County

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.

Fires near this place

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Sands between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,409 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined15
Natural9
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 2020Natural4.6 acresSanta Fe National ForestGRANDE
24 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Division296
12 September 2017Natural1,034 acresSanta Fe National ForestPALMER
4 August 1993Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National Forestnot named
23 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGONZALES
9 July 2011Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestBEGOSO
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

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 Sands: 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
Soham0.7 miles15
San Jose1.0 miles15
Lucero1.8 miles15
El Ancon2.0 miles15
Ribera3.1 miles15
San Miguel3.5 miles15
Ilfeld3.7 miles14
Coruco3.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 910762. 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.