BlockGreens Gap, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Quemado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87821. The Survey maps it on the Wallace Mesa quadrangle.
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.
- 1954 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Wallace Mesa quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Quemado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Wallace Mesa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Greens Gap between 1994 and 2016, burning about 9 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2013 | Natural | 3.6 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MARTIN |
| 28 July 2015 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ALEGRES |
| 25 July 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Socorro District | ALEGRES |
| 23 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HUBBLE |
| 2 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | J L |
| 16 July 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Socorro District | BEAR |
| 27 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GREEN |
| 25 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | SNAG |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mangas | 10.3 miles | 10 | |
| Gutierrezville | 11.8 miles | 7 | |
| New Horse Springs | 12.0 miles | 12 | |
| Old Horse Springs | 12.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pie Town | 14.1 miles | 11 | |
| Datil | 16.2 miles | 8 | |
| Fullerton (historical) | 19.9 miles | 11 | |
| Omega | 20.0 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Greens Gap | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27995351 | 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 906738. 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.