BlockTinian, New Mexico
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Crownpoint census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87013. It stands on Papers Wash. The Survey maps it on the Tinian quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1883 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1899 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Tinian quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1977 USGS Chaco Mesa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Tinian between 1996 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 June 1996 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Albuquerque District Office | TINIAN |
| 14 May 2013 | Natural | 10 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | TINIAN |
| 3 April 1996 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Albuquerque District Office | TORREON |
| 13 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | STAR LAKE |
| 31 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | TORREON WASH 1 |
| 26 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Rio Puerco Field Office | SUNSET CANYON |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ojo Encino | 8.1 miles | 18 | |
| Pueblo Pintado | 20.7 miles | 18 | |
| Whitehorse | 22.4 miles | 18 | |
| Hospah | 23.4 miles | 18 | |
| Leon | 23.6 miles | 17 | |
| El Dado | 24.6 miles | 17 | |
| Eagle Nest | 27.7 miles | 19 | |
| Piedra de la Aguila | 28.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899956. 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.