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Santa Clara, New Mexico

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Santa Clara Pueblo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87532. It lies in Santa Clara Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Espanola quadrangle.

Santa Clara within Rio Arriba County

On record in Santa Clara

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

222 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 222 fires within 5 miles of Santa Clara between 1992 and 2020, burning about 956 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 39 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
Debris and open burning75
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Arson/incendiarism39
Natural13
Fireworks11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking8
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyBROKEN AX
16 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyPOVI
1 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLA PUEBLA
1 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyLUCERO
9 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern Pueblos Agency107 FIRE
7 July 2020Fireworksunder an acreBernalillo District21-60150043X
7 July 1993Debris and open burning4.0 acresNorthern Pueblos AgencyMCCURDY
6 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyLOPEZ

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Santa Clara: 2 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
RogersUraniumOccurrence
San Jose No 13 ClaimUraniumUnknown
Bartholomew - Sanchez Grant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
LowdermilkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials Pit No. 59-60-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 59-62-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Rio Arriba 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
Santa Clara Pueblo0.3 miles20
Guachupangue0.9 miles20
Española1.5 miles20
San Pedro1.6 miles20
La Mesilla1.7 miles20
Riverside1.9 miles20
El Guacho2.5 miles15
Santo Niño2.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 910775. 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.