BlockMarquez, New Mexico
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Cuba census division. It sits by Rincon del Oso. The Survey maps it on the Marquez quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1883 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1899 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquez quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Grants quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Marquez between 1994 and 2019, burning about 283 acres in total. 17 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | 100 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | B-52 |
| 12 September 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SOUTH RIM |
| 7 August 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Laguna Agency | TREE |
| 6 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | OSHA |
| 29 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Bernalillo District | LOBO 2 |
| 22 August 2003 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Cibola National Forest | MARQUEZ 1 |
| 21 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | MARQUEZ 2 |
| 2 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ROSA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Marquez: 1 prospect, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquez Canyon Deposit | Uranium | Past Producer | 1974 | |
| Marquez Grant Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | 1974 | |
| San Antonio Valley Deposit | Uranium | Prospect | Stratiform |
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 Gotera | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Cuervo Crossing | 15.2 miles | 18 | |
| Casa Salazar | 15.3 miles | 18 | |
| Guadalupe | 17.6 miles | 20 | |
| Cabezon | 24.1 miles | 19 | |
| San Luis | 28.7 miles | 19 | |
| San Ysidro | 33.0 miles | 17 | |
| Zia Pueblo | 33.6 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 923720. 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.