BlockPescado, New Mexico
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Zuni census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87327. It lies in Pescado Draw. The Survey maps it on the Pescado quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1886 USGS Wingate quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Wingate quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Pescado quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Zuni quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
120 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Pescado between 1992 and 2020, burning about 80 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 7 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 82 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Zuni Agency | BOWMEN |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Zuni Agency | BARN |
| 28 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Zuni Agency | TUMBLE |
| 27 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Zuni Agency | PESCADO II |
| 26 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Zuni Agency | JOHNSON |
| 24 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Zuni Agency | YAWAKIA |
| 19 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Zuni Agency | HORSE |
| 8 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Zuni Agency | SAGE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramah | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Timberlake | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Lower Nutria | 10.4 miles | 16 | |
| Black Rock | 11.2 miles | 15 | |
| Upper Nutria | 11.3 miles | 16 | |
| Zuni Pueblo | 14.5 miles | 15 | |
| Vanderwagen | 14.8 miles | 14 | |
| Pinehaven | 16.4 miles | 16 |
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 Q122573322 | 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 923647. 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.