BlockAnchor, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Questa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87558. It lies near Anderson Park. The Survey maps it on the Comanche Point 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
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 Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Comanche Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Wheeler Peak quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Comanche Point quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Anchor (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 379 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson National Forest | MIDNIGHT AFC |
| 20 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Carson National Forest | TRAIL CANYON |
| 5 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Cimarron District | 20-20310163X |
| 5 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | QUAKERRIDGE |
| 19 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WILDOAK |
| 13 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MARTINEZ |
| 6 July 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson National Forest | MIDNIGHT ACF |
| 25 July 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Carson National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Anchor (historical): 17 prospects, 13 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Tellurium, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitter Creek Group | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Enderman Prospect | Silver, Molybdenum | Prospect | ||
| Independence Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Tellurium | Past Producer | 1904 | |
| Independence Mine | Gold, Tellurium | Past Producer | ||
| Jacks and Sixes Group | Gold, Molybdenum, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Jacks and Sixes Prospect | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Mem Phis Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | 1895, 1935 | |
| Memphis Mine | Silver, Gold, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Anchor Mine | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Aztec Prospect | Gold | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midnight (historical) | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| La Belle (historical) | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Red River | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Moly | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| El Rito | 12.4 miles | 9 | |
| Twining | 13.0 miles | 10 | |
| Taos Ski Valley | 13.0 miles | 10 | |
| Amalia | 13.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 901681. 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.