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Sundance Mesa, New Mexico

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2006. It stands in the Rio Rancho census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87043. The Survey maps it on the Placitas quadrangle.

Sundance Mesa within Sandoval County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

165 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Sundance Mesa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 354 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 9 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 burning74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony10
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
Fireworks1
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
8 September 1992Smoking1.0 acresCibola National Forestnot named
5 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouthern Pueblos AgencyBACA
17 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionJAMES
1 September 2005Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionORLANDO
8 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyMONTOYA
5 August 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPLACITAS
3 August 2011Naturalunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyPIEDRA LISA
14 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBernalillo District21-60550192X

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandoval County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Sundance Mesa: 7 prospects, 7 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Lead. 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
Buckeye ClaimLead, Silver, CopperProspect
San Jose GroupCopper, Lead, SilverProspect
Las Huertas DepositBarium-Barite, Lead, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Unnamed Barite ProspectBarium-Barite, Lead, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Montezuma MinesSilver, Lead, CopperPast Producer1750, 1926
Unnamed ProspectsSilver, Lead, CopperOccurrence
Victo - Rovo - Novo GroupSilver, Lead, CopperProspect
Victo GroupSilver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Coronado PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sandoval 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
Placitas Homesteads1.6 miles20
Anasazi Trails1.8 miles20
Desert Mountain2.0 miles20
Ranchos des Placitas2.0 miles20
Vista de Oro de Placitas2.0 miles20
Chical2.1 miles20
Puesta Del Sol2.3 miles20
The Overlook2.5 miles20

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 Q122573161The 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 2055887. 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.