BlockChise, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Truth or Consequences West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87943. It lies near Margarita Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Chise quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Chise quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Truth or Consequences quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Chise between 1996 and 2004, burning about 1,626 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM 324 |
| 3 June 2003 | Natural | 26 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | TRUJILLO |
| 3 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GRANITE |
| 16 June 2000 | Natural | 800 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TRUJILLO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Chise: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 producers, 4 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Zeolites, Tin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confidence Mine 1890's | Copper, Iron | Occurrence | 1895 | |
| Covington Group 1880's | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Manganese | Producer | 1885, 1925 | |
| Denver Lode & Little Bonanza | Copper, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Dictator Mine 1880's | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver | Producer | 1885, 1929 | |
| Dictator and Covington | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Sierra Cuchillo | Tin | Unknown | ||
| St. Cloud zeolite mine | Zeolites | Producer | Clinoptilolite | |
| Stone House Zeolite Mine | Zeolites | Producer | ||
| Confidence | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Copper Belle Group 1880's | Copper | Occurrence | 1881 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898743. 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.