BlockMule Creek, New Mexico
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Tyrone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88051. It stands on Tennessee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mule Creek quadrangle. It stands 5,233 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1910 USGS Mogollon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1912 USGS Mogollon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mule Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mogollon Mountains quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Mule Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Mule Creek between 1993 and 2019, burning about 89 acres in total. 21 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Gila National Forest | SATURDAY |
| 9 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ROMAN NOSE |
| 28 August 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Gila National Forest | PETE |
| 26 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | TENNESSEE |
| 7 July 2007 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Gila National Forest | POTHOLES |
| 7 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | SINGBOARD FIRE |
| 28 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | POWDER |
| 27 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | TENNESSEE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mule Creek: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name Unknown Perlite Deposit | Perlite | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harden Cienega | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Buckhorn | 14.4 miles | 13 | |
| Steeplerock (historical) | 18.6 miles | 10 | |
| East Camp (historical) | 19.4 miles | 10 | |
| Cliff | 21.3 miles | 10 | |
| Gila | 22.8 miles | 10 | |
| Riverside | 23.2 miles | 10 | |
| Telegraph (historical) | 29.5 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Mule Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6933878 | 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 908973. 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.