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Sapello, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Las Vegas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87745. It stands on Manuelitas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sapello quadrangle. It stands 6,968 feet above sea level.

Sapello within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

75 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Sapello between 1993 and 2020, burning about 6,483 acres in total. 26 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/undetermined28
Natural26
Debris and open burning13
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2020Natural5.0 acresLas Vegas District21-40450261X
5 September 2020Natural3.0 acresLas Vegas District21-40440260X
8 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSWAMP
7 August 2000Natural3,600 acresLas Vegas DistrictBELL
6 August 2004Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMM16
5 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCOUGAR
24 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionROBBINS
21 August 2013Natural3.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionAPACHE

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 Sapello: 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

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sapello in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 10 hail, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023HailSapello-Two reports of quarter to ping pong ball size hail at Sapello as storm moved southeast through San Miguel County.
June 2021HailSapello-A member of the public near Sapello reported golf ball size hail from a severe thunderstorm tracking southeast through the area.
July 2018HailSapello-Hail up to the size of nickels in Sapello.
June 2017HailSapello-Hail up to the size of golf balls in Sapello.
August 2016Heavy RainSapello-Emergency Manager relayed a report of 3 inches of rainfall at Sapello. Heavy rainfall and a clogged culvert resulted in 8 to 12 inches of water flooding over highway 266.
May 2023HailSapello-no account filed
June 2023HailSapello-no account filed
June 2010HailSapello-no account filed
July 2008HailSapello-no account filed
July 1996HailSapello-no account filed
August 1996HailSapello-no account filed

Every storm 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
Las Tusas1.7 miles16
Manuelitas2.3 miles16
Canoncito4.1 miles16
Emplazado4.1 miles14
San Ignacio5.4 miles16
Las Dispensas5.9 miles16
Los Alamos6.1 miles14
Tierra Monte7.8 miles16

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.

Wikipedia article on SapelloAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19818357The 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 910814. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.