BlockVentero, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Questa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87512. It stands on Jarocito Creek. The Survey maps it on the Amalia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Amalia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Wheeler Peak quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Ventero between 2006 and 2020, burning about 31 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 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | AMALIA |
| 2 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Cimarron District | UTE CREEK |
| 28 April 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Cimarron District | SAW MILL |
| 24 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | COTTONWOOD TREE |
| 28 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SAWMILL II |
| 27 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amalia | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Costilla | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| El Rito | 15.3 miles | 9 | |
| Midnight (historical) | 15.4 miles | 10 | |
| Anchor (historical) | 15.6 miles | 10 | |
| Sunshine | 15.7 miles | 9 | |
| La Belle (historical) | 16.2 miles | 10 | |
| Sunshine Valley | 16.6 miles | 9 |
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 Q122551752 | 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 902383. 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.