BlockShuree, New Mexico
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Cimarron census division. It stands on Shuree Ponds. The Survey maps it on the Ash Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Ash Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Wheeler Peak quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Ash Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Ash Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Shuree between 1994 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 August 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Carson National Forest | OLD SHUREE CABIN |
| 4 August 2011 | Natural | 13 acres | Carson National Forest | WINDY GAP |
| 25 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | PINE CONE |
| 21 August 2020 | Natural | 20 acres | Carson National Forest | CAN CANYON |
| 18 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson National Forest | MCCRYSTAL |
| 20 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | WINDY GAP |
| 17 July 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Carson National Forest | not named |
| 12 July 1994 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Carson National Forest | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Tunnel (historical) | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| Moreno (historical) | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Elizabethtown | 11.6 miles | 11 | |
| Hematite (historical) | 12.0 miles | 10 | |
| Virginia City | 13.5 miles | 13 | |
| Casa Grande | 13.9 miles | 10 | |
| Ute Park | 15.3 miles | 13 | |
| Eagle Nest | 15.4 miles | 11 |
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 Q122572635 | 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 936807. 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.