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Anzac, New Mexico

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Grants census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87034. The Survey maps it on the McCartys quadrangle.

Anzac within Cibola County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

75 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Anzac between 1995 and 2020, burning about 242 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 were 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
Debris and open burning44
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural2
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 2000Smokingunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyCORNFIELD
7 August 2000Natural5.0 acresAlbuquerque District OfficeRAILROAD
12 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyACOMA FD 16
5 July 2017Debris and open burning2.5 acresSouthern Pueblos AgencySANTA MARIA
4 July 2003Fireworksunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyDEEP ROCK
22 July 2000Fireworksunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyACOMA
13 July 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresLaguna AgencyANZAC
1 July 2008Smokingunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyACOMA FD #18

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cibola County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Anzac: 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Basalt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Materials Pit 57-42-FSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 62-28-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Rinconado PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cibola 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
McCartys3.1 miles18
Acomita Lake6.0 miles18
San Fidel6.8 miles18
Alaska7.0 miles18
West Village7.7 miles18
Acomita8.3 miles18
North Acomita Village8.5 miles18
Grants8.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899506. 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.