BlockSouth Garcia, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Belen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87026. It lies near Black Mesa. The Survey maps it on the South Garcia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1917 USGS Cerro Verde quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS South Garcia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS South Garcia quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Acoma Pueblo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of South Garcia between 1992 and 2011, burning about 447 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2000 | Natural | 80 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | COYOTE |
| 29 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Laguna Agency | HIGHLAND |
| 1 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Laguna Agency | STUCK |
| 26 June 2008 | Natural | 286 acres | Laguna Agency | GARICA |
| 27 May 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Laguna Agency | COIN |
| 25 May 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WASEY |
| 12 May 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Laguna Agency | NORTHERN R/R |
| 17 March 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Laguna Agency | SALT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suwanee | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Correo | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Rio Puerco | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Sandia | 13.4 miles | 10 | |
| Dalies | 13.9 miles | 10 | |
| Paquita | 16.1 miles | 10 | |
| Los Lentes | 18.9 miles | 10 | |
| Los Lunas | 19.1 miles | 10 |
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 Q122548983 | 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 923693. 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.