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Vallecitos Corrales, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Coyote census division. It lies near Loma Parda. The Survey maps it on the Vallecitos quadrangle.

Vallecitos Corrales within Rio Arriba County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Vallecitos Corrales between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,372 acres in total. 59 started naturally. 4 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
Natural59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Fe National Forestnot named
7 August 2005Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestHOMESTEAD
30 August 2009Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestOVINGH
29 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestVALLECITOS
29 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestSTUMP
29 August 1994Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National Forestnot named
25 August 1994Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National Forestnot named
23 August 2008Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyOLYMPIC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Vallecitos Corrales: 3 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Gold, Silver. 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
Forest RoadStoneUnknown
White DepositGold, SilverPast Producer
Materials Pit No. 69-10-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 69-11-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 69-9-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Rio Arriba 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
Recheulos1.3 miles14
San Lorenzo4.0 miles14
Clara Peak6.5 miles14
Frijoles Spring6.6 miles14
Puye9.4 miles19
Buena Vista9.4 miles14
Barranca9.5 miles14
Cañones9.5 miles15

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 Q122542537The 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 912061. 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.