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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1918 USGS Abiquiu quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Abiquiu quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Vallecitos quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 2002 USGS Vallecitos quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | HOMESTEAD |
| 30 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | OVINGH |
| 29 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | VALLECITOS |
| 29 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | STUMP |
| 29 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
| 25 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
| 23 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | OLYMPIC |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Road | Stone | Unknown | ||
| White Deposit | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit No. 69-10-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 69-11-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 69-9-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recheulos | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| San Lorenzo | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Clara Peak | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Frijoles Spring | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Puye | 9.4 miles | 19 | |
| Buena Vista | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Barranca | 9.5 miles | 14 | |
| Cañones | 9.5 miles | 15 |
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 Q122542537 | 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 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.







