BlockEl Ojito, New Mexico
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the South Doña Ana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88021. The Survey maps it on the La Mesa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS La Mesa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS La Mesa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS La Mesa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of El Ojito between 1992 and 2019, burning under an acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CCT |
| 17 June 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | VINTON |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chamberino | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Anthony | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| La Union | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| La Union Vieja | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Hacienda Acres | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Berino | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Vado | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Vevay | 7.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899623. 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.