BlockEn Medio, New Mexico
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Santa Fe North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87506. The Survey maps it on the Tesuque quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1889 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Tesuque quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Tesuque quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of En Medio between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,187 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 7 were 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Northern Pueblos Agency | PINES |
| 26 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
| 2 September 2009 | Natural | 1.4 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | MEDIO |
| 17 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
| 10 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | RESERVOIR |
| 1 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Las Vegas District | 20-40240216X |
| 1 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BROTHERS |
| 3 August 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | SCOUT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of En Medio: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Silver, Bismuth. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Ranch Pegmatite Deposit | Mica, Gold, Silver, Bismuth | Occurrence | 1956 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names En Medio in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | En Medio | $30,000 | A reporter for the Santa Fe New Mexican relayed reports of flash flooding on the Medio burn scar. A large work truck was found destroyed from the flood waters, and large boulders and trees were moved and found in the streambed. The date of this event was not clear, and thus date and timing is a rough estimate based on radar. Damages are estimated. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | En Medio | $5,000 | A stationary thunderstorm dropped heavy rain over the west slopes of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains resulting in excessive runoff and flash flooding. Water flowed across State Road 592 southeast of Chupadero. A rural road was washed out on Tesuque Pueblo and several yards were flooded there. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio En Medio | 0.1 miles | 19 | |
| Chupadero | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Tesuque Pueblo | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Tesuque | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Nambe Pueblo | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Cuyamungue | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Nambe | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Tano Road | 6.9 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 938812. 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.