BlockEiland, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Portales census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88130. The Survey maps it on the Arch quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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 Clovis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Arch quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Arch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Eiland (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 10,020 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CARTER |
| 3 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SMITH |
| 19 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CARTER |
| 6 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Capitan District | BRADLEY RANCH |
| 6 July 2010 | Natural | 30 acres | Capitan District | HOWL 1 |
| 26 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 24 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | NEECE |
| 13 July 2001 | Natural | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ARCHMA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Eiland (historical): 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920800. 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.