BlockAtarque, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fence Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87315. It lies near Los Pilares. The Survey maps it on the Fence Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Fence Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Fence Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Atarque in 2007, burning about 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 February 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
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 Atarque: 1 unknown. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fence Lake | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Tingle | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Ojo Caliente | 18.8 miles | 10 | |
| Techado | 19.7 miles | 11 | |
| Pinehill | 23.8 miles | 11 | |
| El Morro | 26.6 miles | 17 | |
| Sand Corner | 31.9 miles | 17 | |
| Pueblito | 33.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 902166. 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.