BlockSix Mile Gate, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Cimarron census division. It stands on South Poñil Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cimarron quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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
- 1955 USGS Cimarron quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Raton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Cimarron quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Six Mile Gate between 1995 and 2020, burning about 2,800 acres in total. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BALDY |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 400 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | COMPOS |
| 16 September 2005 | Natural | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TURKEY |
| 6 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LOOKOUT |
| 6 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DEAN |
| 29 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | 6-MILE |
| 25 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 24 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PONIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cimarron | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Ute Park | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Loretta (historical) | 11.2 miles | 11 | |
| Dawson (historical) | 11.4 miles | 11 | |
| Capitan Hill | 11.6 miles | 11 | |
| Colfax | 12.0 miles | 11 | |
| Deep Tunnel (historical) | 13.3 miles | 15 | |
| Perryville (historical) | 14.4 miles | 13 |
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 Q122568394 | 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 902007. 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.