Schomberg, 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 87728. It stands on Tinaja Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eagle Tail Mountain quadrangle.

Schomberg within Colfax County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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
1971 USGS Eagle Tail Mountain quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Raton quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Schomberg between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,668 acres in total. 10 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	10
Natural	10
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Smoking	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
18 September 2016	Natural	2.0 acres	Cimarron District	MYSTERY
4 August 2016	Natural	under an acre	Cimarron District	T.O. SOUTH
16 August 2005	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	MAXWELL
31 July 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	40 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	CROW
25 July 2009	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	EAGLE TAIL
22 July 2016	Natural	2.0 acres	Cimarron District	TANK
20 July 2006	Natural	2.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named
18 July 2017	Natural	6.0 acres	Cimarron District	ELECTRIC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colfax County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Schomberg: 2 unknowns. 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
	Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
	Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Colfax 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
Tinaja	5.9 miles	8
Hebron	7.1 miles	8
Maxwell	7.2 miles	11
Koehler	9.4 miles	11
Van Houten	11.1 miles	12
French	11.8 miles	8
Colfax	13.0 miles	11
Dawson (historical)	14.7 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898851. 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.