BlockLa Union Vieja, New Mexico
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the South Doña Ana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88021. The Survey maps it on the La Union quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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 Canutillo quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Canutillo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS La Union quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS La Union quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS La Union quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of La Union Vieja between 2012 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.1 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GARDNER |
| 26 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LA JUNTA |
| 17 June 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | VINTON |
| 3 May 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAILROAD FIRE |
| 7 April 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.1 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DONIPHAN |
| 6 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MORRILL |
| 2 April 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MORRILL |
| 4 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TIMOTHY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Union | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| El Ojito | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Vevay | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Anthony | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Strauss | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Orange | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Santa Teresa | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hacienda Acres | 6.4 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122562186 | 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 929284. 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.