BlockSilio, New Mexico
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Mountainair-Encino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87063. The Survey maps it on the Laguna Del Perro South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Fort Sumner quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Sumner quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Laguna Del Perro South quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Vaughn quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Silio between 1995 and 2014, burning about 2,604 acres in total. 2 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 | 9 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | COLORADO |
| 29 July 2000 | Natural | 20 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 21 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WINDMILL |
| 10 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM177 |
| 3 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PERRO |
| 9 May 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Socorro District | 171 |
| 21 May 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ZEN |
| 21 April 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BLUE |
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 Silio: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Magnesite, Sodium, Geothermal, Sodium, Magnesite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluehall I Kistler | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Laguna Del Perro | Halite, Sodium, Magnesite | Past Producer | Halite | |
| Laguna Salina | Halite, Magnesite, Sodium | Past Producer | Halite |
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 898598. 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.