BlockElwood, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Southeast Otero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88081. The Survey maps it on the Elwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1940 USGS Orogrande quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Orogrande quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS El Wood quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS El Wood quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Elwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Elwood in 2013, burning under an acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 March 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ROCKING RANCH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orogrande | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Benton Well | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Turquoise | 11.8 miles | 11 | |
| Alvarado | 12.1 miles | 11 | |
| Martin Well | 14.4 miles | 11 | |
| Newman | 22.3 miles | 10 | |
| Dunes | 26.6 miles | 9 | |
| Point of Sands | 31.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899625. 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.