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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.

Tejon within Sandoval County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

22 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning6
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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
17 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionJAMES
1 September 2005Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionORLANDO
5 August 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPLACITAS
20 August 2001Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHUERTAS
6 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGRASSHOPPER
4 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPINCURL
18 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
8 June 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionALAMO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandoval County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Diamond Tail ProspectUranium, Vanadium, Molybdenum, SeleniumOccurrence1977
Donnell ProspectGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Unnamed Clay PitClayPast Producer
Duke City MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Las Huertas DepositBarium-Barite, Lead, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Montezuma MinesSilver, Lead, CopperPast Producer1750, 1926
San Felipe PitGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Sloan MineCopperPast Producer
Unnamed Barite ProspectBarium-Barite, Lead, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Victo - Rovo - Novo GroupSilver, Lead, CopperProspect

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
Diamond Tail Ranch1.4 miles20
Tecolote2.3 miles20
Coyote (historical)2.4 miles20
Montezuma (historical)2.5 miles20
Hagan (historical)2.9 miles20
Las Huertas2.9 miles20
Village de las Huertas3.1 miles20
Los Pastores3.5 miles20

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.