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Servilleta, New Mexico

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tres Piedras census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87577. It lies in Servilleta Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Petaca Peak quadrangle.

Servilleta within Taos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Servilleta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 25 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
Natural25
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1
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
6 August 2013Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestGRANT FIRE
6 August 2002Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestPETACA
4 August 2010Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestSLASH
30 August 2002Natural2.5 acresCarson National ForestMESA FIRE
26 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreCarson National ForestTABLAS
25 August 2001Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestGRAVEL
11 August 1996Natural6.0 acresCarson National ForestGORDITO
10 August 2003Natural1.5 acresCarson National ForestAGUA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Servilleta: 8 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium, Titanium. 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
PentataFluorine-Fluorite, BerylliumPast Producer
Unnamed Ilmenite ProspectTitaniumProspect
Aldaz RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Forest Rd No 4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Taos 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
Tres Piedras6.7 miles9
No Agua11.7 miles9
Taos Junction13.3 miles12
Arroyo Hondo14.1 miles9
Solo15.0 miles12
Carson15.9 miles12
San Cristobal16.0 miles9
CaƱoncito16.0 miles9

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.

Wikidata item Q122562055The 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 901574. 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.