BlockCarracas, New Mexico
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the West Rio Arriba census division. It lies in Carracas Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Carracas Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1889 USGS Largo quadrangle1:250000
- 1895 USGS Largo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Carracas Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Navajo Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Carracas Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Carracas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 252 acres in total. 120 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 | 120 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | 241 |
| 3 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | JUANITA2 |
| 27 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | CARRACAS |
| 17 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Jicarilla Agency | NO WATER |
| 14 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | CEDAR ROCK |
| 14 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | PAGOSA JNC |
| 1 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | PAGOSA JUNCTION |
| 7 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | 2 RIVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosa (historical) | 9.0 miles | 17 | |
| Navajo | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Dulce | 13.8 miles | 14 | |
| Vaqueros (historical) | 16.7 miles | 16 | |
| Lumberton | 17.0 miles | 14 | |
| Amargo | 19.2 miles | 14 | |
| Monero | 21.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pounds (historical) | 23.0 miles | 13 |
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 Q141203104 | 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 904787. 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.