BlockVan Houten, New Mexico
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Raton census division. It lies near Negro Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Red River Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1915 USGS Brilliant quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Red River Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Raton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Van Houten between 1995 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WILLOW TREE |
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SCHOMBERG |
| 18 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Cimarron District | NRA |
| 6 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cimarron District | RANGE |
| 5 July 2005 | Natural | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | T.O. WEST |
| 21 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SPRUCE CANYON |
| 19 July 2010 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Cimarron District | COAL |
| 13 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SHOTGUN |
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 Van Houten: 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graphite Prospect | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Raton Deposit | Graphite | Prospect | 1889 |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Van Houten in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 5 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Hail | Van Houten | - | Hail slightly larger than two inches along NM-555 west of Raton. |
| September 2016 | Hail | Van Houten | - | Golf ball size hail at the Whittington NRA Center Founder's Post. This storm moved over Interstate 25 south of Raton and dumped two to three inches of pea size hail near mile marker 450. Several vehicle accidents were reported however no estimates are available on property damage. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Van Houten | - | Nickel hail southwest of Raton. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Van Houten | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Van Houten | - | no account filed |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122545852 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 902381. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.