Hebron, New Mexico

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Raton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87740. It stands on Parker Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Eagle Tail Mountain quadrangle.

Hebron within Colfax County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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 Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1971 USGS Eagle Tail Mountain quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Raton quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

29 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Hebron between 1995 and 2020, burning about 703 acres in total. 16 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	16
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Firearms and explosives use	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
4 August 2016	Natural	under an acre	Cimarron District	T.O. SOUTH
20 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	MOORE
18 August 2016	Natural	under an acre	Cimarron District	NRA
16 August 2000	Natural	30 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	AIRPORT
6 July 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Cimarron District	RANGE
5 July 2005	Natural	5.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	T.O. EAST
5 July 2005	Natural	3.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	T.O. WEST
20 July 2006	Natural	2.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colfax County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hebron: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
	Moore Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Colfax County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Van Houten	6.5 miles	12
Schomberg	7.1 miles	8
Tinaja	7.1 miles	8
Koehler	8.1 miles	11
Dillon	8.8 miles	15
Gardiner	10.2 miles	15
Raton	11.5 miles	15
Carisbrook	13.3 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898792. 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.