BlockCasa Fria, New Mexico
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Laguna census division. It lies near Cerro Frio. The Survey maps it on the Laguna Canoneros quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1883 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1899 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Laguna Canoneros quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Grants quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1995 USGS Laguna Canoneros quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
51 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Casa Fria between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,298 acres in total. 39 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 | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2000 | Natural | 7.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BIG LAKE |
| 7 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Laguna Agency | LONESOME |
| 6 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | BIG LAKE |
| 5 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Laguna Agency | SILVER |
| 5 August 1995 | Natural | 30 acres | Cibola National Forest | REDONDA |
| 5 August 1995 | Natural | 2.3 acres | Cibola National Forest | WILLOW |
| 4 August 1996 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | CIENAGA |
| 4 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | CAMP |
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.
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 Q122593045 | 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 904819. 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.