BlockCrisp, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Southeast Otero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88354. It lies near Upper Pendleton Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Graveyard Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Rogers Ruins quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Alamogordo quadrangle1:100000
- 2004 USGS Graveyard Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
82 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Crisp between 1993 and 2020, burning about 17,003 acres in total. 60 started naturally. 1 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 | 60 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | JEFFERS SPRING |
| 24 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | PENDLETON |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | HIDDEN SPRINGS |
| 6 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | HOOSIER |
| 4 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | TELEPHONE CANYON |
| 3 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | HAY |
| 19 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | LEWIS |
| 13 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | LOGAN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxon | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Sacramento | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Weed | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Timberon | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Marcia | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Avis | 10.1 miles | 8 | |
| Chippeway Park | 12.3 miles | 11 | |
| Hortonville | 13.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 936809. 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.