BlockTocito, New Mexico
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Shiprock-Sanostee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87461. The Survey maps it on the Sanostee East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1889 USGS Chaco quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Chaco quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Sanostee quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Sanostee East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Toadlena quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Tocito between 1995 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | TOCITO |
| 16 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | S LITTLEWATER |
| 25 July 1995 | Smoking | 2.5 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | SANOSTEECK |
| 11 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | BENNETT PEAK |
| 30 June 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | TOCITO-491 |
| 7 May 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | SANOSTEE 3 |
| 6 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | SANOSTEE |
| 3 April 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | SANOSTEE 1 |
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 Tocito: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geothermal Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Water | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Sanostee | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Newcomb | 8.9 miles | 20 | |
| Two Grey Hills | 11.2 miles | 18 | |
| Toadlena | 12.7 miles | 18 | |
| Sheep Springs | 18.1 miles | 18 | |
| Naschitti | 23.7 miles | 18 | |
| Rattlesnake | 24.6 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 902370. 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.