BlockTapicitoes, New Mexico
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Coyote census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87029. The Survey maps it on the Ojito quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1889 USGS Largo quadrangle1:250000
- 1895 USGS Largo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Ojito quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Chaco Canyon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
33 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Tapicitoes between 1993 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 31 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 | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | LLEGUAS |
| 12 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Jicarilla Agency | OJITO |
| 11 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | WOLF |
| 6 August 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | DEER RUN |
| 5 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | PASTURE |
| 4 August 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | CHIP |
| 29 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | SYPHER |
| 2 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Jicarilla Agency | OIL GUYS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ojito | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Llaves | 9.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lindrith | 10.8 miles | 14 | |
| Burns Canyon (historical) | 12.3 miles | 14 | |
| Hopewell (historical) | 12.3 miles | 14 | |
| Pounds (historical) | 16.3 miles | 13 | |
| El Vado | 17.7 miles | 12 | |
| Gallina Plaza | 17.8 miles | 15 |
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 Q122560780 | 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 911554. 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.