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Frazier, New Mexico

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Northeast Chaves census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88201. The Survey maps it on the Acme quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Frazier within Chaves County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Frazier (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,739 acres in total. 15 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/undetermined31
Natural15
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
26 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresBitter Lake National Wildlife RefugeEAST RIVER
12 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCIRCLE
3 August 2016Naturalunder an acreBitter Lake National Wildlife RefugeRIVER
25 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionACME
17 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreBitter Lake National Wildlife RefugeTRASHY
11 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSCHOOL
6 July 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBitter Lake National Wildlife RefugeNORTH PECOS
6 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSCHOOLHOUSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chaves County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Frazier (historical): 15 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Hurford PitLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Acme Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Jesse E.Hite PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mc Carty PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Chaves 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
Acme0.4 miles8
Melena5.1 miles8
Campbell7.2 miles8
McDermott Wells13.7 miles8
Berrendo (historical)14.2 miles10
Elkins16.1 miles8
Roswell17.3 miles10
Fairbanks18.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920214. 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.