Four Forks, New Mexico

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Carlsbad census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88220. It lies near North Fork Little McKittrick Draw. The Survey maps it on the Carlsbad West quadrangle.

Four Forks within Eddy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

1943 USGS West Carlsbad quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1945 USGS West Carlsbad quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1979 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Carlsbad West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

48 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Four Forks between 1993 and 2018, burning about 127 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 13 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	19
Arson/incendiarism	13
Natural	11
Debris and open burning	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
20 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Carlsbad Field Office	SHEEP DRAW
19 August 2009	Natural	under an acre	Carlsbad Field Office	LOONEY
9 July 2012	Natural	under an acre	Carlsbad Field Office	CARNERO PEAK COMPLEX
5 July 2015	Natural	under an acre	Carlsbad Field Office	CHINA BERRY
30 July 2011	Natural	under an acre	Carlsbad Field Office	CHINA
2 July 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Carlsbad Field Office	JONES 2
13 July 1994	Natural	3.0 acres	Roswell Field Office	SPENCER
12 July 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	WELLS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eddy 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
West Carlsbad	6.1 miles	12
Barber Crossing	6.8 miles	11
San Jose	6.9 miles	11
Carlsbad	7.3 miles	11
Hagerman Heights	7.6 miles	11
La Huerta	8.2 miles	11
Avalon	9.9 miles	11
Otis	10.5 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899638. 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.