BlockLa Cienega, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Mountainair-Encino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87036. The Survey maps it on the Punta de Agua quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1917 USGS Estancia quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Torreon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Belen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Punta De Agua quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Punta De Agua quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
90 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of La Cienega between 1992 and 2020, burning about 136 acres in total. 19 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 32 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | CAMPFIRE / 253 B |
| 3 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ANDERSON |
| 2 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | CONSERVATION |
| 16 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | SKID |
| 1 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | FAWN |
| 9 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LAGUNESSE |
| 8 August 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | RED CANYON |
| 7 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | CANON COLORADO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Chavez | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Punta de Agua | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| El Gato | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Chato | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Thunderbird | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Manzano | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Candelaria Place | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Mountainair | 6.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2375434. 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.