BlockHard Luck Crossing, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Socorro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87832. The Survey maps it on the Pope quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1948 USGS Val Verde quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Pope quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Oscura Mountains quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hard Luck Crossing between 2003 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. 1 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 June 2003 | Natural | 65 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GOVERNMENT |
| 28 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Socorro Field Office | CATTAIL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paraje (historical) | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Lava | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Craig (historical) | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| San Marcial | 10.5 miles | 10 | |
| Val Verde | 11.1 miles | 10 | |
| Tiffany | 12.3 miles | 10 | |
| San Antonito | 24.5 miles | 10 | |
| Kinney Wells | 25.5 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.
| Wikidata item Q122559382 | 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 899664. 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.