BlockBorica, New Mexico
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Santa Rosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88435. The Survey maps it on the Borica quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Fort Sumner quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Sumner quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Borica quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Borica between 2006 and 2016, burning about 6,325 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2016 | Natural | 310 acres | Las Vegas District | EAST SICKLE FIRE |
| 12 July 2016 | Natural | 15 acres | Las Vegas District | YUCCA |
| 21 May 2006 | Natural | 6,000 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BORICA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Ojitos | 9.9 miles | 7 | |
| Puerto De Luna | 10.9 miles | 7 | |
| Agua Negra (historical) | 14.2 miles | 7 | |
| Arabella | 14.9 miles | 6 | |
| Pastura | 17.4 miles | 6 | |
| Santa Rosa | 18.3 miles | 7 | |
| Alamo (historical) | 22.6 miles | 6 | |
| Los Tanos | 22.8 miles | 6 |
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 Q122546667 | 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 918080. 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.