Tejon, 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. It lies near Cuchilla de San Francisco. The Survey maps it on the Hagan quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1892 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Hagan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS San Felipe Pueblo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Hagan quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Hagan quadrangle1:24000
- 2006 USGS Hagan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Tejon (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | JAMES |
| 1 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ORLANDO |
| 5 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PLACITAS |
| 20 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HUERTAS |
| 6 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GRASSHOPPER |
| 4 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PINCURL |
| 18 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 8 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ALAMO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Tejon (historical): 8 prospects, 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Barium-Barite, Silver, Lead, Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Tail Prospect | Uranium, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Selenium | Occurrence | 1977 | |
| Donnell Prospect | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Duke City Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Las Huertas Deposit | Barium-Barite, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Montezuma Mines | Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1750, 1926 | |
| San Felipe Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Sloan Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Barite Prospect | Barium-Barite, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Victo - Rovo - Novo Group | Silver, Lead, Copper | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Tail Ranch | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Tecolote | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Coyote (historical) | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Montezuma (historical) | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Hagan (historical) | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Las Huertas | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Village de las Huertas | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Los Pastores | 3.5 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 936505. 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.










