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The Overlook, 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 Lomos Altos. The Survey maps it on the Placitas quadrangle.

The Overlook 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of The Overlook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 170 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 3 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 burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Recreation and ceremony15
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism3
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
8 September 1992Smoking1.0 acresCibola National Forestnot named
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
3 August 2011Naturalunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyPIEDRA LISA
20 August 2001Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHUERTAS
14 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBernalillo District21-60550192X
14 August 1996Natural20 acresCibola National ForestPLACITAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandoval County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of The Overlook: 7 past producers, 7 prospects, 4 occurrences, 2 producers. 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
Donnell ProspectGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Landsend ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BariteOccurrence1955
Placitas DistrictGoldPast ProducerPLACER
San Jose GroupCopper, Lead, SilverProspect
Sloan MineCopperPast Producer
Landsend ProspectBarium-Barite, Lead, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Las Huertas DepositBarium-Barite, Lead, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Unnamed Barite ProspectBarium-Barite, Lead, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Las Huertas Barite ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence1955

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
Puesta Del Sol0.3 miles20
Ranchos des Placitas0.9 miles20
Los Pastores1.2 miles20
Vista de Oro de Placitas1.2 miles20
Placitas1.3 miles20
Village de las Huertas2.1 miles20
Placitas Homesteads2.2 miles20
Las Huertas2.3 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 Q122593677The 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 2055888. 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.