Rock Wall, New Mexico

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Peñasco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87579. It lies near Borrego Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Tres Ritos quadrangle.

Rock Wall within Taos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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
1964 USGS Tres Ritos quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Taos quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1995 USGS Tres Ritos quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Rock Wall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,825 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 2 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
Natural	38
Recreation and ceremony	25
Debris and open burning	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Fireworks	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Smoking	1
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
7 September 2001	Natural	4.5 acres	Carson National Forest	#SEVEN
6 September 2002	Power generation/transmission/distribution	56 acres	Taos Field Office	US HILL
2 September 2019	Natural	1,954 acres	Carson National Forest	AMOLE
12 September 2016	Natural	under an acre	Carson National Forest	VIEW POINT
9 August 2013	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Carson National Forest	AMOLE
8 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	LIANO
8 August 2000	Natural	6.0 acres	Carson National Forest	MICA
7 August 2016	Natural	under an acre	Cimarron District	UPPER LLANO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taos County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Rock Wall: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Mica, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
M.I.C.A. Mine	Mica	Producer	Metamorphic
Taos Mill	Mica	Unknown
Tojo	Mica	Producer
Tojo Mine	Mica	Producer	1954
U. S. Hill Mine	Mica	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Taos County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Rio Pueblo	1.1 miles	11
Vadito	2.8 miles	11
Las Mochas	2.9 miles	11
Llano Largo	3.2 miles	11
Rodarte	3.2 miles	11
Peñasco	3.5 miles	11
Sipapu	4.0 miles	11
Llano	4.1 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 910400. 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.