BlockTaos Junction, New Mexico
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tres Piedras census division. The Survey maps it on the Taos Junction quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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
- 1960 USGS Taos Junction quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Taos quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Taos Junction quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Taos Junction between 1994 and 2017, burning about 51 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | COMANCHE |
| 11 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | EMBUDO |
| 26 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HARRIS |
| 3 July 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | CAMPFIRE |
| 25 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | OREJAS |
| 23 July 2011 | Natural | 30 acres | Carson National Forest | ARROYO FIRE |
| 13 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | SECO |
| 9 June 2017 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Carson National Forest | MOJINO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Taos Junction: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Quartz, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Paloma Canyon Prospect | Quartz | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Carson | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Barranca | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Pilar | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Howiri-Ouinge Historic Site (historical) | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Ojo Caliente | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Servilleta | 13.3 miles | 9 | |
| Los Cordovas | 13.8 miles | 9 |
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 Q122570948 | 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 911547. 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.