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Black River Village, New Mexico

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Carlsbad census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88220. It lies near Threemile Draw. The Survey maps it on the Black River Village quadrangle.

Black River Village within Eddy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

Fires near this place

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Black River Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,576 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 were 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/undetermined40
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
14 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCarlsbad Field OfficeBOUNDS
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarlsbad Field OfficeELBOW
7 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarlsbad Field OfficeBROWN COMPLEX
4 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCarlsbad Field OfficeCALICHE
21 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBOUNDS
18 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarlsbad Field OfficeDEBRIS
11 August 2011Natural5.0 acresCarlsbad Field OfficeRAIN
7 July 2011Fireworks5.0 acresCarlsbad Field OfficeRAINBOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eddy County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Black River Village: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gemstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Anna B ByrdGemstoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Eddy 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Harkey Crossing3.8 miles10
Whites City6.8 miles12
Lookout Crossing7.3 miles10
Lookout (historical)7.7 miles10
Malaga9.7 miles10
Loving10.2 miles11
Harroun Crossing11.2 miles10
Otis11.2 miles11

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 Q122598937The 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 899538. 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.