BlockHockett, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Hatch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87937. The Survey maps it on the Hockett quadrangle.
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 Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Nutt quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Hatch quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Hockett quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Hockett quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Hockett between 1997 and 2019, burning about 3,495 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Natural | 150 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | UVAS |
| 3 July 2011 | Natural | 66 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | UVAS SPRINGS |
| 11 July 2001 | Natural | 1,622 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | HORSE CYN |
| 3 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,400 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | GREEN CHILE |
| 15 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Socorro District | LORENZO |
| 14 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | HWY 26 |
| 12 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 11 March 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HIGHWAY 26 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hockett: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentonite Quarry | Bentonite | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Materials Pit #20 | Clay | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hockett in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hockett | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920613. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.