BlockFullerton, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Quemado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87821. The Survey maps it on the Fullerton 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
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1918 USGS Pelona quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Fullerton quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Tularosa Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Fullerton (historical) between 2000 and 2011, burning about 33,102 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
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 | under an acre | Socorro District | FULLERTON |
| 5 June 2000 | Natural | 32,860 acres | Socorro Field Office | CHANCE |
| 22 June 2005 | Natural | 1.7 acres | Gila National Forest | ADAIR |
| 12 June 2009 | Natural | 240 acres | Gila National Forest | JOSHUA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Horse Springs | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Old Horse Springs | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Greens Gap | 19.9 miles | 11 | |
| Gutierrezville | 21.1 miles | 7 | |
| Aragon | 21.4 miles | 14 | |
| Apache Creek | 25.4 miles | 13 | |
| Mangas | 25.9 miles | 10 | |
| Cruzville | 27.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920782. 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.