BlockEscondido, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Capitan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88338. It lies near Sawset Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Nelson Canyon West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Tinnie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Ruidoso quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Nelson Canyon West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Escondido (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 222 acres in total. 11 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2011 | Natural | 73 acres | Lincoln National Forest | ELLIS CANYON |
| 31 August 2007 | Natural | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 30 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SANCHEZ |
| 29 August 2007 | Natural | 41 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 13 August 2009 | Natural | 8.5 acres | Lincoln National Forest | SAWSET |
| 20 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CISNEROS |
| 17 July 2009 | Natural | 8.1 acres | Capitan District | DIABLO |
| 15 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Capitan District | 20-50140067X |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluewater | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Baca (historical) | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| San Patricio | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Hondo | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Lincoln | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Arabela | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Tinnie | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Pine Lodge | 9.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920205. 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.