BlockCorazon, New Mexico
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Trementina census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88421. The Survey maps it on the Cerro De Corazon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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
- 1972 USGS Cerro De Corazon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Corazon (historical) between 1996 and 2019, burning about 2,072 acres in total. 7 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | JANE |
| 14 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | EL CHORRO |
| 4 July 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FIREWORKS |
| 2 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MESITA |
| 19 July 2009 | Natural | 600 acres | Las Vegas District | RAIN |
| 16 July 2007 | Natural | 40 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 1 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CUARTITOS |
| 7 June 2001 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trementina | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| New Trementina | 5.9 miles | 6 | |
| Salitre | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Trujillo | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| San Rafael | 8.4 miles | 6 | |
| Variadero | 8.7 miles | 6 | |
| Cabra Springs (historical) | 9.6 miles | 13 | |
| Alta Vista | 9.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 914333. 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.