Toril, New Mexico

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Springer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87747. The Survey maps it on the French quadrangle.

Toril within Colfax County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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 Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1965 USGS French quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Springer quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

17 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Toril between 1994 and 2020, burning about 517 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	2
Natural	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Debris and open burning	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 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Cimarron District	20-20520260X
27 August 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	SPRINGER
10 July 2016	Smoking	under an acre	Cimarron District	MM 414
23 May 2016	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Cimarron District	CAMP
16 April 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	375 acres	Cimarron District	SPRINGER FIRES
16 April 2007	Natural	10 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named
15 April 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	CLAYTON
1 April 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colfax County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Toril: 6 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Maldonado Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Springer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Colfax County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Springer	1.9 miles	8
French	6.2 miles	8
Taylor Springs	6.5 miles	8
Maxwell	10.8 miles	11
Miami	11.3 miles	12
Colmor	12.0 miles	8
Colfax	16.5 miles	11
Sunny Side	16.8 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898859. 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.