BlockSanto Niño, New Mexico
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Santa Clara Pueblo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87532. It stands on Santa Cruz River. The Survey maps it on the San Juan Pueblo quadrangle.
On record in Santo Niño
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.
Chimayo Trading Post and Trujillo, E.D., Houselisted 1999 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1918 USGS Abiquiu quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS San Juan Pueblo quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS San Juan Pueblo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 2002 USGS San Juan Pueblo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
360 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 360 fires within 5 miles of Santo Niño between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,284 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 64 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 burning | 136 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 68 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Fireworks | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PHILIP |
| 7 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | BROKEN AX |
| 7 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | RESUMEDERO |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Bandelier National Monument | CHURCH |
| 19 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | DEBRIS |
| 7 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Northern Pueblos Agency | FENCE |
| 6 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | M50 |
| 31 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | JOE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Santo Niño: 5 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 past 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Bartholomew - Sanchez Grant Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lowdermilk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Materials Pit No. 55-70-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 59-55-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 59-60-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 59-62-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 68-1-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899903. 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.