BlockCuervo Crossing, New Mexico
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Cuba census division. It lies near Cañon Cuervo. The Survey maps it on the Puerco Dam quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1883 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1899 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Puerco Dam quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Grants quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
3 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Cuervo Crossing between 1993 and 2000, burning about 6 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HAYSTACK |
| 16 July 2000 | Natural | 4.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MARQUEZ |
| 16 May 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Gotera | 9.3 miles | 18 | |
| Casa Salazar | 11.5 miles | 18 | |
| Marquez | 15.2 miles | 18 | |
| Guadalupe | 16.0 miles | 20 | |
| Rio Rancho Estates | 19.7 miles | 21 | |
| Zia Pueblo | 19.8 miles | 21 | |
| Rio Rancho | 20.0 miles | 21 | |
| San Ysidro | 20.5 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.
| Wikidata item Q122567639 | 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 899597. 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.