BlockComanche Springs, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Los Lunas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87031. It lies near Comanche Draw. The Survey maps it on the Tome NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1952 USGS Tome NE quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Belen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Tome NE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Comanche Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 994 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2007 | Natural | 1.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 5 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FENCELINE |
| 21 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 21 August 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 5 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bernalillo District | 21-60120031X |
| 5 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BONITA VISTA |
| 19 July 2020 | Natural | 26 acres | Bernalillo District | 21-60330116X |
| 19 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | COMMANCHE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Lake | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Monterey Park | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Mission Park | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Las Maravillas | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Rio del Oro | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Pasitos del Cielo | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| El Cerro | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Canyon del Rio | 8.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2413623. 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.