BlockBlack Lake Resorts, New Mexico
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cimarron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87710. It stands on Little Coyote Creek. The Survey maps it on the Agua Fria Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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
- 1956 USGS Tooth Of Time quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Taos quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Agua Fria Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Agua Fria Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
44 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Black Lake Resorts between 1994 and 2019, burning about 71 acres in total. 22 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MANUELES #2 |
| 28 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SMITH |
| 2 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BLACK LAKE |
| 15 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 12 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Cimarron District | SUSAN |
| 11 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | STAN |
| 25 July 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Cimarron District | CAP |
| 24 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ELK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Black Lake Resorts: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torres Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Lake | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Angel Fire | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Agua Fria | 11.2 miles | 11 | |
| Lakeview Pines | 16.5 miles | 11 | |
| Sweetwater (historical) | 17.5 miles | 12 | |
| Rayado | 18.0 miles | 12 | |
| Perryville (historical) | 18.1 miles | 13 | |
| Sunny Side | 19.1 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122542709 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 902110. 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.