BlockEagle Nest, New Mexico
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Crownpoint census division. The Survey maps it on the Laguna Seca quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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 Laguna Seca 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
- 1995 USGS Laguna Seca quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
49 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Eagle Nest between 1993 and 2018, burning about 2,664 acres in total. 46 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 | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2017 | Natural | 1,200 acres | Cibola National Forest | ESCONDIDO |
| 12 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Cibola National Forest | JARAMOSA |
| 3 August 1994 | Natural | 20 acres | Laguna Agency | CABIN |
| 20 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TAPIA |
| 20 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DURAZNO |
| 18 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | SHELDON |
| 18 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | not named |
| 18 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Dado | 11.5 miles | 17 | |
| Leon | 17.2 miles | 17 | |
| Piedra de la Aguila | 24.4 miles | 17 | |
| Ambrosia Lake | 26.4 miles | 20 | |
| Tinian | 27.7 miles | 19 | |
| Hospah | 30.3 miles | 18 | |
| Whitehorse | 34.1 miles | 18 | |
| Ojo Encino | 35.7 miles | 18 |
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 Q49349387 | 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 905935. 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.