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Fivemile Crossing, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bloomfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87412. The Survey maps it on the Blanco quadrangle.

Fivemile Crossing within San Juan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

61 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Fivemile Crossing between 1994 and 2020, burning about 106 acres in total. 45 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
Natural45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeREX MIAMI
28 September 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionREGIS
2 September 1994Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeLARGO CAN
19 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeHARRIS
18 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeFACIO
9 August 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFarmington Field OfficeFIELD
6 August 2002Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeMEDINA
3 August 1998Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeCUTTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fivemile Crossing: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in San Juan 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
Turley4.2 miles16
Blanco4.4 miles16
Alcatraz4.5 miles16
Archuleta7.4 miles15
Angustura8.0 miles16
Sullivan8.1 miles16
Navajo Dam10.6 miles18
Bloomfield12.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899634. 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.