BlockMyers, New Mexico
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Las Vegas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87701. The Survey maps it on the Los Montoyas quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1890 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Apache Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1983 USGS Villanueva quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Los Montoyas quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Myers between 1993 and 2020, burning about 565 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LIENDRE |
| 28 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BLUE RIDGE |
| 23 August 2011 | Natural | 10 acres | Las Vegas District | WHITE |
| 6 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | 337 |
| 4 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | INDEPENDENCE |
| 31 July 2003 | Natural | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | AUGUSTIN |
| 26 July 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 21-40280142X |
| 20 July 1997 | Natural | 80 acres | Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge | GALLINAS |
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 Myers: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Montoyas | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Tecolote | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| San Augustin | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Sheridan | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Ojita | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Cedar Hill | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Gabaldon | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Apache Springs | 4.8 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q131387717 | 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 892360. 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.