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Sheridan, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Las Vegas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87701. The Survey maps it on the Los Montoyas quadrangle.

Sheridan within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

51 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Sheridan between 1993 and 2020, burning about 664 acres in total. 21 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
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
7 August 2008Naturalunder an acreLas Vegas National Wildlife RefugeRANGE UNIT 7
28 August 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBLUE RIDGE
14 August 2012Natural1.3 acresLas Vegas DistrictALAMITO
6 July 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Division337
4 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionINDEPENDENCE
28 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBLUE-RIDGE
23 July 2011Natural5.0 acresLas Vegas DistrictFUEGO
20 July 1997Natural80 acresLas Vegas National Wildlife RefugeGALLINAS

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 Sheridan: 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

1 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sheridan in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 hail. 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
July 2016HailSheridan-Quarter size hail knocked lots of leaves off trees near Romeroville.

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
Ojita0.2 miles14
Cedar Hill1.2 miles15
La Manga1.4 miles15
Romeroville1.9 miles14
Gabaldon2.9 miles15
Santa Ana3.0 miles15
Romero3.0 miles14
Tecolote3.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899912. 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.