BlockTank Canyon, New Mexico
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Grants census division. It lies near Bonine Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Bonine Canyon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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 Broom Mountain quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Bonine Canyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Acoma Pueblo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Tank Canyon (historical) between 1996 and 2018, burning about 4 acres in total. 7 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | BONNIE |
| 26 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Puerco Field Office | CEDAR |
| 29 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | KARLOW |
| 7 June 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | YORK |
| 21 June 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | CEDAR |
| 20 June 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | ARMIJO |
| 14 May 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | COX ROAD 1 |
| 6 October 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Albuquerque District Office | LOBO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Techado | 21.8 miles | 11 | |
| Acoma Village | 28.8 miles | 8 | |
| Acoma Pueblo | 28.9 miles | 8 | |
| Paxton Springs (historical) | 30.1 miles | 22 | |
| Tingle | 30.3 miles | 10 | |
| El Morro | 34.2 miles | 17 | |
| Anzac | 34.4 miles | 18 | |
| San Rafael | 35.2 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 933168. 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.