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Upper Dilia, New Mexico

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Dilia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87724. It lies near CaƱon Blanco. The Survey maps it on the Dilia quadrangle.

Upper Dilia within Guadalupe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Upper Dilia between 1994 and 2019, burning about 735 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
10 September 2009Naturalunder an acreLas Vegas DistrictBONITA
3 June 2011Natural1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionALAMO SLOUGH
28 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined27 acresLas Vegas DistrictPARK SPRINGS FIRE
23 June 2006Natural150 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
3 May 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHA
26 May 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresLas Vegas District19-40660449X
26 May 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined125 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
22 May 2017Natural1.0 acresLas Vegas DistrictDILIA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Guadalupe County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Upper Dilia: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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
Sowell RanchUraniumOccurrence
Herrera PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 59-34-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 78-1-S & 78-27-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Guadalupe 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
Dilia1.1 miles13
Llano Del Medio1.6 miles13
Llano Viejo2.4 miles13
Anton Chico3.4 miles13
Upper Anton Chico4.9 miles13
Dahlia11.3 miles13
Colonias13.4 miles14
Vegas Junction15.1 miles6

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 Q122541566The 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 898861. 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.