BlockBrockman, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hurley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88045. The Survey maps it on the Brockman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Brockman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lordsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Brockman between 1993 and 2007, burning about 5,991 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 June 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | LOST |
| 12 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RR-34 |
| 11 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM43-10 |
| 19 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,987 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | NM 113 |
| 23 February 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WINE |
| 9 December 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM39 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Brockman: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brockman Mine | Silica | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quartzite Stone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | Quartzite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Separ | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Pothook | 10.2 miles | 14 | |
| Vista | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Minero | 14.2 miles | 14 | |
| Wilna | 14.5 miles | 9 | |
| Old Hachita | 14.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hachita | 16.6 miles | 15 | |
| Gold Hill (historical) | 21.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899552. 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.