BlockMace, New Mexico
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the South Hidalgo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88020. It lies near Ray Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Mount Baldy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1918 USGS Animas Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Animas Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Mount Baldy quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Animas quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Mount Baldy quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Mace between 1992 and 2019, burning about 7,922 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
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 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Socorro District | 20-30040039X |
| 26 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DRAW |
| 20 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BERCHAM |
| 8 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BLACK BILL |
| 7 June 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | KEELER |
| 29 June 1993 | Natural | 1,390 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | WHITMIRE |
| 28 June 2002 | Natural | 2,000 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PARACHUTE ADAM |
| 28 June 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BEADHEAD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovett | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Birchfield | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Abe Yarbrough | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Joe Yarbrough | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Middle Wells | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Rock Cabin | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Bene Dunagan | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Eakins | 8.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899745. 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.