BlockPolly, New Mexico
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Carrizozo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88301. It lies near Chaves Draw. The Survey maps it on the Cub Mountain 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.
- 1938 USGS Carrizozo quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Carrizozo quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Carrizozo quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Carrizozo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Cub Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Polly between 1994 and 2011, burning about 488 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MORALES |
| 4 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TRACKS |
| 12 August 2009 | Natural | 8.3 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BAR X |
| 3 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | YUCCA |
| 23 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | YUCCA #1 |
| 23 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | YUCCA #2 |
| 6 June 2000 | Natural | 20 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | IBARX |
| 30 June 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MORALES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Polly: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Copper, Silver, Copper, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho Mine | Copper, Silver, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Junction Mine | Copper, Lead, Iron, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1934 | |
| 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898840. 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.