BlockMonica, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Magdalena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87825. It lies near Little Monica Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Mount Withington quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS San Mateo Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Mount Withington quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Monica (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 239 acres in total. 38 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 | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | A.L. |
| 2 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | SWITCH |
| 15 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | ESTALINE |
| 13 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | MONICA |
| 13 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | TRAILHEAD |
| 8 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | AL |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | 179 acres | Cibola National Forest | AL |
| 7 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | FRANK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosedale (historical) | 11.4 miles | 10 | |
| Augustine (historical) | 14.2 miles | 6 | |
| Magdalena | 17.3 miles | 10 | |
| Kelly | 17.7 miles | 10 | |
| Dusty | 24.3 miles | 11 | |
| Dusty (historical) | 25.2 miles | 9 | |
| Cherryville (historical) | 27.4 miles | 11 | |
| John Padilla Settlement | 29.5 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920409. 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.