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Waldo, New Mexico

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Santa Fe South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87010. It lies in Waldo Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Madrid quadrangle. It stands 5,640 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Waldo within Santa Fe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

22 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Waldo (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural6
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCR 45
6 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionOBOY
26 July 1994Natural3.0 acresCarson National Forestnot named
24 July 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCAROL
23 July 2005Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCEDAR MTN
14 July 2019Naturalunder an acreBernalillo District20-60260108X
7 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMADRID
3 June 2018Natural3.0 acresBernalillo DistrictMAIN STREET

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Fe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Waldo (historical): 19 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper. 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
Cash Entry MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperOccurrence1880, 1915
Central MineZincPast Producer
Cerrilos MineClayProducerSedimentary
Evelyn MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer1910, 1945
Franklin MineZinc, Lead, CadmiumPast Producer
Grand Central MineLead, Zinc, Gold, SilverPast Producer1879, 1885, 1952
Mina Del TiroLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer1680, 1942
Rosario Open-Pit MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer1960, 1983
Trio ClaimLeadPast Producer
Unnamed Cinder PitsPumiceUnknown

Every working recorded in Santa Fe 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
Los Cerrilos1.5 miles17
Cerrillos1.6 miles17
Madrid3.0 miles17
Rosario4.7 miles17
Bonanza City (historical)6.3 miles17
Dolores (historical)7.6 miles17
La Cienega7.8 miles18
Ortiz (historical)7.9 miles18

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 Waldo (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7961543The 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 918402. 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.