BlockTecolote, New Mexico
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Corona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88301. The Survey maps it on the Tecolote Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Fort Sumner quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Sumner quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Corona quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Tecolote Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Tecolote Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Tecolote between 1993 and 2007, burning about 41 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MESA |
| 3 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PUMP STATION |
| 29 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | YUCCA |
| 5 June 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TECOLOTE |
| 23 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 12 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CORONA |
| 11 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RAILROAD |
| 4 March 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Tecolote: 7 past producers, 7 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Platinum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1992 | |
| Tecolote Iron District | Platinum | Occurrence | STREAM PLACER | |
| Bessemer | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Betty Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Bond | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Consolidated No3 | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Contact | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Elda | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Elda Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1915, 1919 | |
| Iron Age | Iron | Unknown |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 911571. 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.