BlockTanque, Arizona
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Safford census division. It stands on W A Wash. The Survey maps it on the Tanque quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Tanque quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Safford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Tanque between 2006 and 2013, burning under an acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Gila District Office | MOTOR HOME |
| 22 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | RETURN TO ARTESIA |
| 22 January 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila District Office | ARTESIA |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tanque: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last Chance Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | Carnotite |
Storms near this place
2 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tanque in 2 storm reports in 2025: 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Hail | Tanque | $300 | Photo on social media showing windshield with damage. Hail size is estimated by damage and MRMS Maximum Estimated Size of Hail. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Tanque | - | An estimated 1.5 inch hail along Highway 191. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artesia | 10.9 miles | 11 | |
| Whitlock Cienega | 11.4 miles | 10 | |
| Swift Trail Junction | 12.5 miles | 11 | |
| Chaney Place | 13.3 miles | 16 | |
| Lebanon | 13.3 miles | 11 | |
| Cactus Flat | 14.0 miles | 14 | |
| Gripe | 14.5 miles | 12 | |
| San Jose | 14.8 miles | 12 |
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 Q122552493 | 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 24642. 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.