BlockCounselor, New Mexico
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Cuba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87018. The Survey maps it on the Counselor quadrangle. It stands 7,027 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1889 USGS Largo quadrangle1:250000
- 1895 USGS Largo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Counselor quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Chaco Canyon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Counselor between 2003 and 2017, burning about 10 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 2011 | Natural | 5.5 acres | Farmington Field Office | ESCRITO CANYON |
| 24 June 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Farmington Field Office | COUNSELOR |
| 25 May 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Farmington Field Office | COUNSELOR |
| 24 May 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Farmington Field Office | STORM |
| 17 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Farmington Field Office | COUNSELOR |
| 17 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Farmington Field Office | CHACO CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Counselor: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pit Number 78-20-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Pit Number 79-3-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Counselor in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2016: 1 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 9 injuries. 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 2016 | Hail | Counselor | 9 hurt, $50,000 | Several inches of hail accumulated on Highway 550 near Counselor. Slick travel conditions resulted in a head-on collision between two vehicles. Nine people were injured, one critically. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Counselor | $5,000 | Highway 550 and Highway 537 were impacted and the Fire Chief reported 1.5 to 2 of rain to the local Emergency Manager. There was some damage to county roads with strong flows in the arroyos. Two feet of standing water was observed on the asphalt of roads in some locations. However, no roads were closed and all debris was cleared by the following day. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penistaja | 20.8 miles | 17 | |
| Regina | 26.6 miles | 15 | |
| La Jara | 26.9 miles | 17 | |
| Upper La Jara | 29.0 miles | 17 | |
| La Placita | 29.0 miles | 17 | |
| Lagunitas | 29.1 miles | 19 | |
| Cuba | 29.4 miles | 17 | |
| Garrison | 30.1 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Counselor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4956986 | 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 902808. 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.
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.