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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1889 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Rociada quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Rociada quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
55 since 1993Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CHARLIE |
| 4 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GARCIA |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | BUELAH |
| 1 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | THUNDER |
| 5 July 2000 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | MORPHY |
| 4 July 2012 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Las Vegas District | INDEPENDENCE |
| 4 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | INDEPENDENCE |
| 31 July 2006 | Natural | 1.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure-Rising Sun Mine | Gold, Molybdenum, Copper | Past Producer | 1900, 1940 | |
| Iron Hole Mine | Lithium, Beryllium | Unknown | ||
| Joe Matt & Sam Adams Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Lepidolite Shaft | Lithium, Beryllium, Tantalum | Past Producer | ||
| Pidlite Pegmatite Mine | Lithium, Tantalum, Rubidium, Mica, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium) | Past Producer | 1935 | |
| Azure Mine | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Joe and Jenny Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Martinez Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Good Hope Mine | Zinc | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rociada | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Pendaries Village | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Tierra Monte | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Peñasco Blanco | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Canoncito | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| San Ignacio | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Las Dispensas | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Manuelitas | 8.7 miles | 16 |
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 Q122559214 | The 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.







