BlockAllen, New Mexico
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1968. It stands in the San Jon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88112. The Survey maps it on the Riley Camp quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 5 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 Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Riley Camp quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Allen (historical) between 2009 and 2019, burning about 495 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2019 | Natural | 65 acres | Las Vegas District | 20-40150165X |
| 19 July 2012 | Natural | 30 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BOWE |
| 18 October 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 400 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GIBSON |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endee | 8.8 miles | 5 | |
| Bard | 9.8 miles | 5 | |
| Pleasant Valley (historical) | 10.4 miles | 6 | |
| San Jon | 12.0 miles | 6 | |
| Wheatland | 13.5 miles | 6 | |
| Porter | 16.8 miles | 4 | |
| Norton | 20.5 miles | 6 | |
| Puerto (historical) | 22.0 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 932905. 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.