BlockSalinas, New Mexico
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Tularosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88352. It lies in Salinas Draw. The Survey maps it on the Tularosa NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1916 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Tularosa NE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Salinas in 1995, burning under an acre in total. None 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 November 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RV |
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 Salinas: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pit 76-3-S | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Rivers | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Apache | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Tularosa | 11.3 miles | 13 | |
| Bent | 12.0 miles | 10 | |
| Blazers Mill | 15.4 miles | 10 | |
| Mescalero | 16.1 miles | 10 | |
| Alamorosa | 16.2 miles | 9 | |
| Kearney | 17.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920686. 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.