South Carmen, New Mexico
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Mora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87732. It lies near Las Quebraditas Valley. The Survey maps it on the Mora quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1889 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mora quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Mora quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
100 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of South Carmen between 1994 and 2020, burning about 345 acres in total. 54 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 21-40470263X |
| 6 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WIMP |
| 8 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CHARLIE |
| 8 August 2002 | Natural | 1.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FOX |
| 4 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GARCIA |
| 28 August 2009 | Natural | 4.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ALLSUP |
| 27 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MARRUJO |
| 22 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ROMO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of South Carmen: 4 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Mica, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Western Mine | Mica | Past Producer | 1949, 1952 | |
| Joe Matt & Sam Adams Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Mora Beryl Prospect | Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Zinc | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Carmen in 1 storm report in 1996: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1996 | Hail | South Carmen | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carmen | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Puertocito | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Ledoux | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Abuelo | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Cañon | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Buena Vista | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Santa Gertrudis (historical) | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Monte Aplanado | 5.3 miles | 16 |
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 Q122554117 | The 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 924763. 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.







