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Vista Encantada, New Mexico

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Albuquerque census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87110. It stands on North Hahn Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Albuquerque East quadrangle.

Vista Encantada within Bernalillo County

On record in Vista Encantada

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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

57 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Vista Encantada between 1993 and 2011, burning about 128 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined45
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2009Natural2.5 acresSouthern Pueblos AgencyTANK
11 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyBOUNDARY
7 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionANNE
6 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionJOY
6 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionWESTERN
5 July 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHAHN
4 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLAUGHING
4 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionVALLY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bernalillo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Vista Encantada: 20 producers, 10 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Mitchell ProspectMagnesiteProspect
6026 North Second St. PlantPumiceUnknown
9700 North 2nd CrusherPumiceProducer
American Gypsum PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Crushing & Milling Sect.Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Materials Pit 58-43-SStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
New Pueblo Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Albuquerque Gravel Prods.Co.PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Ambrell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Carmony Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Bernalillo 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
Hoffmantown1.6 miles21
Mesa Village2.0 miles21
Buena Ventura2.9 miles21
Sandia Vista3.0 miles21
Chelwood Park3.4 miles21
Hahn3.8 miles21
La Cuesta3.9 miles21
Martinez Town4.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 912118. 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.