Alcatraz, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bloomfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87412. It lies near Melquadis Point. The Survey maps it on the Turley quadrangle.

Alcatraz within San Juan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1889 USGS Largo quadrangle1:250000
1895 USGS Largo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Navajo Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
1985 USGS Turley quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

103 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Alcatraz between 1994 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. 73 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
Natural	73
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Debris and open burning	8
Recreation and ceremony	3
Fireworks	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Smoking	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
22 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	Farmington Field Office	HORSESHOE
21 September 2010	Natural	under an acre	Farmington Field Office	CORNDOG
2 September 1994	Natural	under an acre	Farmington Field Office	LARGO CAN
8 August 1995	Natural	10 acres	Farmington Field Office	WILDHORSE
6 August 2002	Natural	under an acre	Farmington Field Office	MEDINA
5 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	Farmington Field Office	PEMADA
4 August 2013	Natural	under an acre	Farmington Field Office	COVE
4 August 2013	Natural	under an acre	Farmington Field Office	FLAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Alcatraz: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
	Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in San Juan 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Turley	0.5 miles	16
Archuleta	3.6 miles	15
Blanco	4.2 miles	16
Fivemile Crossing	4.5 miles	16
Navajo Dam	8.2 miles	18
Angustura	8.4 miles	16
Sullivan	8.9 miles	16
Bloomfield	12.5 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 901254. 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.