BlockMaxon, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Southeast Otero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88347. It lies near Hoosier Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Bluff Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1952 USGS Cloudcroft quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Bluff Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Alamogordo quadrangle1:100000
- 2004 USGS Bluff Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
81 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Maxon between 1993 and 2020, burning about 964 acres in total. 60 started naturally. 1 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 | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | SEEP |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | JEFFERS SPRING |
| 24 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | PENDLETON |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | HIDDEN SPRINGS |
| 6 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | HOOSIER |
| 4 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | TELEPHONE CANYON |
| 3 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | HAY |
| 19 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | LEWIS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crisp | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Sacramento | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Weed | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Marcia | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Timberon | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Avis | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Chippeway Park | 11.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hortonville | 12.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 913287. 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.