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Upper Rociada, New Mexico

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Las Vegas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87742. It lies near Capulin Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Rociada quadrangle.

Upper Rociada within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

55 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Upper Rociada between 1993 and 2020, burning about 205 acres in total. 39 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
Natural39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 August 2005Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCHARLIE
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGARCIA
3 August 2000Natural1.0 acresSanta Fe National ForestBUELAH
1 August 2004Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestTHUNDER
5 July 2000Natural4.5 acresSanta Fe National ForestMORPHY
4 July 2012Natural4.0 acresLas Vegas DistrictINDEPENDENCE
4 July 2007Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestINDEPENDENCE
31 July 2006Natural1.5 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Upper Rociada: 13 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lithium, Zinc, Copper, 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
Azure-Rising Sun MineGold, Molybdenum, CopperPast Producer1900, 1940
Iron Hole MineLithium, BerylliumUnknown
Joe Matt & Sam Adams MineLead, Copper, Silver, ZincUnknown
Lepidolite ShaftLithium, Beryllium, TantalumPast Producer
Pidlite Pegmatite MineLithium, Tantalum, Rubidium, Mica, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium)Past Producer1935
Azure MineCopperUnknown
Joe and Jenny ProspectCopperOccurrence
Martinez PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Good Hope MineZincUnknown

Every working recorded in San Miguel 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
Rociada1.6 miles15
Pendaries Village3.3 miles15
Tierra Monte4.2 miles16
Peñasco Blanco4.2 miles16
Canoncito6.8 miles16
San Ignacio6.9 miles16
Las Dispensas8.4 miles16
Manuelitas8.7 miles16

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 Q122559214The 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 912004. 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.