BlockVegas Junction, New Mexico
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Dilia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88435. The Survey maps it on the San Ignacio quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Fort Sumner quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Sumner quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS San Ignacio quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Vegas Junction between 1995 and 2020, burning about 2,265 acres in total. 6 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 | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SEMI |
| 23 August 2002 | Natural | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SAWMILL |
| 23 August 2000 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | THOMPSON |
| 8 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,100 acres | Las Vegas District | THOMPSON |
| 6 June 2000 | Natural | 2.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 6 June 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BABYGIRL |
| 30 June 2016 | Natural | 100 acres | Las Vegas District | Y FIRE |
| 23 June 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Vegas Junction: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Calcium, Copper, Silver, Uranium, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porcupine Prospect | Copper, Silver, Uranium, Lead | Occurrence | 1952 | |
| Materials Pit 57-5-S | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 66-46-S | Calcium | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Ignacio | 5.0 miles | 6 | |
| Pintada | 7.8 miles | 6 | |
| Sombrio (historical) | 10.5 miles | 6 | |
| Colonias | 11.9 miles | 14 | |
| Milagro | 13.4 miles | 6 | |
| Arabella | 13.4 miles | 6 | |
| Pastura | 13.6 miles | 6 | |
| Upper Dilia | 15.1 miles | 13 |
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 Q122594363 | 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 898609. 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.