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Toltec, New Mexico

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Grants census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87021. The Survey maps it on the Milan quadrangle.

Toltec within Cibola 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

12 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Toltec between 2000 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
19 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBernalillo DistrictCRASH
5 June 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresBernalillo DistrictMILE MARKER 74
29 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresCibola National ForestMILAN
10 June 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestPOLE
5 May 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
16 May 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRIO SAN JOSE
28 April 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
27 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBernalillo District20-61150449X

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cibola County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Toltec: 6 producers, 5 past producers, 4 unknowns. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Limestone, Dimension, Perlite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Flea MineClayPast Producer
United Nuclear-Homestake MillUranium, VanadiumProducer
Grants Perlite MillPerliteProducer
Marinelli PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
United States Gypsum Perlite MinePerlitePast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Hamilton PitLimestone, DimensionProducer
Materials Pit 57-83-SLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Materials Pit 67-29-SLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Materials Pit 67-31-SLimestone, DimensionUnknown

Every working recorded in Cibola 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
Golden Acres0.3 miles20
Broadview2.3 miles20
Milan3.3 miles20
Bluewater4.9 miles19
Grants5.6 miles20
San Rafael7.2 miles19
Lobo Canyon9.9 miles20
Diener11.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 911732. 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.