BlockHyer, New Mexico
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Santa Fe South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87056. The Survey maps it on the King Draw quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Edgewood quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS King Draw quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Hyer between 1993 and 2019, burning about 53 acres in total. 5 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 | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | S. MOUNTAIN |
| 3 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 28 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | not named |
| 26 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SANDOVAL RD. |
| 26 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CIAIRE |
| 17 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Taos Field Office | ORO QUAY |
| 30 May 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GOLDEN |
| 16 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.4 acres | Bernalillo District | LEXICO FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Hyer: 6 unknowns, 4 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Gold, Silver, Silver, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnahan | Manganese | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| McKinley | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Oro Quay | Copper, Silver, Gold | Unknown | ||
| San Francisco Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1887 | |
| San Franciso | Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver | Producer | ||
| Shamrock Mine | Copper, Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Fuzzy Jim Claim | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Iron Deposits | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Adams Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Cac Mining Co. Claims & Mill | Copper, Gold, Silver | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Grove | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| San Pedro | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Golden | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Agua (historical) | 7.0 miles | 19 | |
| Ortiz (historical) | 8.6 miles | 18 | |
| Dolores (historical) | 8.8 miles | 17 | |
| Stanley | 8.8 miles | 15 | |
| Thunder Mountain | 10.7 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898556. 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.