BlockPalo Blanco, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Springer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87740. It lies near Laird Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Palo Blanco Mountain 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
4 surveys from 8 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 Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Palo Blanco Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Raton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Palo Blanco (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,923 acres in total. 7 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2000 | Natural | 100 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RICE |
| 20 August 2019 | Natural | 15 acres | Cimarron District | 20-20390198X |
| 28 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BARELA |
| 24 July 2015 | Natural | 60 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TRIPLE M |
| 20 July 2016 | Natural | 12 acres | Cimarron District | LAKE |
| 7 June 2000 | Natural | 350 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CHRISTMAS |
| 18 June 2008 | Natural | 800 acres | Cimarron District | PALO BLANCO |
| 14 June 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Cimarron District | BARELA |
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 Palo Blanco (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect | Pumice | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 902114. 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.