Vallecitos, New Mexico
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Vallecitos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87581. It stands on CaƱada de Borracho. The Survey maps it on the La Madera quadrangle. It stands 7,418 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 La Madera 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
- 1995 USGS La Madera quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
121 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Vallecitos between 1992 and 2020, burning about 718 acres in total. 97 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 | 97 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | EAST ORTEGA |
| 25 September 2006 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Carson National Forest | BURMA |
| 24 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | RANCHO |
| 23 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | CANADA |
| 22 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | EAST ORTEGA |
| 22 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Carson National Forest | JUNK |
| 11 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | ANCONES |
| 1 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | ORTIZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 103 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 103 workings within 5 miles of Vallecitos: 41 past producers, 39 prospects, 12 occurrences, 10 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Kyanite, Beryllium, Mica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamos Group | Beryllium, Mica, REE, Thorium, Feldspar, Uranium | Past Producer | 1870, 1875, 1950 | |
| Apache No. 2 Mine | Mica, Bismuth, Beryllium, Uranium, Thorium, REE | Past Producer | 1880, 1900, 1965 | |
| Capitan Mine | Mica, Uranium, Thorium, REE, Beryllium | Past Producer | 1675, 1955 | |
| Cribbenville Group | Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Bismuth, REE | Past Producer | 1700, 1960 | |
| Cribbenville Mine | Mica, Uranium, Thorium, REE, Feldspar | Past Producer | 1675, 1955 | |
| El Camino | Mica, Beryllium | Prospect | ||
| El Contento | Beryllium, Feldspar, Mica | Prospect | ||
| Fridlund | REE, Bismuth, Niobium (Columbium), Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Fridlund Mine | Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Uranium, Thorium, REE | Past Producer | 1920, 1950, 1958 | |
| La Jarita-Apache Group | Mica, Beryllium, Feldspar, Niobium (Columbium), Thorium, Uranium, REE, Bismuth | Past Producer | 1850, 1965 |
Storms near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vallecitos in 1 storm report in 1998: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vallecitos | $20,000 | A fast moving and unusual late night line of thunderstorms produced gusty winds and several small but intense microbursts which ripped the roof off several small cabins near Vallecitos. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Petaca | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Ancones | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Petaca | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Las Tablas | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| La Madera | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| La Cueva (historical) | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| El Rito | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Las Placitas | 12.1 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Vallecitos | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19818367 | 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 912055. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






