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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1945 USGS Carlsbad Caverns East quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Carlsbad Caverns East quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Black River Village quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
78 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Carlsbad Field Office | BOUNDS |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carlsbad Field Office | ELBOW |
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carlsbad Field Office | BROWN COMPLEX |
| 4 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Carlsbad Field Office | CALICHE |
| 21 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BOUNDS |
| 18 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carlsbad Field Office | DEBRIS |
| 11 August 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Carlsbad Field Office | RAIN |
| 7 July 2011 | Fireworks | 5.0 acres | Carlsbad Field Office | RAINBOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna B Byrd | Gemstone | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harkey Crossing | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Whites City | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Lookout Crossing | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Lookout (historical) | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Malaga | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Loving | 10.2 miles | 11 | |
| Harroun Crossing | 11.2 miles | 10 | |
| Otis | 11.2 miles | 11 |
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 Q122598937 | 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 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.





