Blanchard, New Mexico
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Villanueva census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87569. The Survey maps it on the Tecolote quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1890 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Villanueva quadrangle1:62500
- 1983 USGS Villanueva quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Tecolote quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Tecolote quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Blanchard between 1994 and 2020, burning about 381 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Las Vegas District | 20-40190191X |
| 6 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DEAD HORSE |
| 21 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FA #5 |
| 19 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LA MADERA |
| 14 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SANDS |
| 29 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MARTINEZ |
| 27 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SLASH |
| 25 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 20-40860712X |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Blanchard: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Blake Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1900, 1905 | |
| Blake Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Bonanza Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1900, 1905 | |
| Bonanza Mine | Copper | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blanchard in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Hail | Blanchard | - | NMDOT reported quarter size hail accumulated five to six inches deep along Interstate 25 near Chapelle. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serafina | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bernal | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Chapelle | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Coruco | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Ribera | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| San Miguel | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| El Ancon | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Upper Pueblo | 5.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 903912. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








