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Vallecitos, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Taos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87557. It lies near Ojo Sarco Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Ranchos De Taos quadrangle.

Vallecitos within Taos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Vallecitos between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,595 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 2 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
Natural45
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks2
Debris and open burning2
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
7 September 2001Natural4.5 acresCarson National Forest#SEVEN
6 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distribution56 acresTaos Field OfficeUS HILL
30 September 2001Natural1.0 acresCarson National ForestBEAR WALLOW
2 September 2019Natural1,954 acresCarson National ForestAMOLE
17 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestTWO PINES
12 September 2016Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestVIEW POINT
9 August 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCarson National ForestAMOLE
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreTaos Field OfficeMIRANDA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taos County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Vallecitos: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Silver, Kaolin, Clay. 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
Cueva Blanca MineKaolin, ClayPast Producer
Upper Hondo Canyon ProspectsLead, SilverProspect
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Taos MillMicaUnknown
TojoMicaProducer
Tojo MineMicaProducer1954
U. S. Hill MineMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Taos 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
Pot Creek2.3 miles10
Rio Pueblo5.2 miles11
Rock Wall5.6 miles11
Vadito5.6 miles11
Talpa5.9 miles10
Llano Quemado6.4 miles10
Picuris Pueblo6.6 miles11
Las Mochas6.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 912054. 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.