BlockColonias, New Mexico
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1963. It stands in the Dilia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88435. It lies near Mesita Cortada. The Survey maps it on the Colonias quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1892 USGS Corazon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Corazon quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Colonias quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Colonias between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,009 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2020 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 20-40820659X |
| 13 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SINGLETON |
Storms near this place
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colonias in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2014: 4 hail, 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Hail | Colonias | - | Along Highway 84 near I-40 west of Santa Rosa. |
| September 2013 | Flood | Colonias | - | The Gallinas River at Colonias was above action stage for several days and above flood stage between 330am and 1130am on the 17th. This flood wave surged downstream from Colonias toward Santa Rosa Lake. Low lying areas around the river were flooded. |
| September 2013 | Flood | Colonias | - | The Gallinas River at Colonias was above action stage for several days and above flood stage between 330am and 1130am on the 17th. Low lying areas around the river were flooded. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Colonias | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Colonias | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Colonias | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vegas Junction | 11.9 miles | 6 | |
| Dilia | 12.8 miles | 13 | |
| Upper Dilia | 13.4 miles | 13 | |
| San Ignacio | 14.5 miles | 6 | |
| Santa Rosa | 14.7 miles | 7 | |
| Llano Del Medio | 15.0 miles | 13 | |
| Llano Viejo | 15.7 miles | 13 | |
| Anton Chico | 16.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 918161. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.