BlockTimberlake, New Mexico
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Red Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87321. The Survey maps it on the Ramah quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1886 USGS Wingate quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Wingate quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Ramah quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Zuni quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Ramah quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
82 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Timberlake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 141 acres in total. 51 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 51 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Zuni Agency | BTC |
| 6 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | BOX |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LION |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | TIGER |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Zuni Agency | LOVELETTER |
| 29 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | TIMBER LAKE |
| 2 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TIMBERLAKE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramah | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Upper Nutria | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Lower Nutria | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Page | 8.3 miles | 17 | |
| Pescado | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| McGaffey | 11.4 miles | 16 | |
| Pinehaven | 12.4 miles | 16 | |
| Vanderwagen | 14.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806735. 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.