BlockHuerfano, New Mexico
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Napi Headquarters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87413. The Survey maps it on the Gallegos Trading Post quadrangle. 104 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 6,194 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1889 USGS Chaco quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Chaco quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Gallegos Trading Post quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Huerfano between 1996 and 2020, burning about 164 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Farmington Field Office | FRANCES |
| 1 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NAPI 5 |
| 28 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Farmington Field Office | REX |
| 13 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Jicarilla Agency | ELKHORN |
| 9 July 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | REGION 1 |
| 8 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | 550 SOUTH |
| 6 July 2017 | Natural | 54 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | HUERFANO 3 |
| 31 July 2000 | Natural | 60 acres | Farmington Field Office | CHAPEL |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Huerfano: 1 unknown. 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Acres | 11.9 miles | 17 | |
| Bloomfield | 12.9 miles | 16 | |
| Sullivan | 13.5 miles | 16 | |
| Angustura | 14.2 miles | 16 | |
| Crouch Mesa | 14.6 miles | 17 | |
| Totah Vista | 15.6 miles | 18 | |
| Farmington | 17.1 miles | 18 | |
| Blanco | 17.5 miles | 16 |
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 Huerfano | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1633935 | 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 1852626. 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.