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Fruitland, New Mexico

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Farmington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87416. It stands on Stevens Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Fruitland quadrangle.

Fruitland within San Juan County

On record in Fruitland

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Fruitland Irrigation Project, Yellowman Siphon, Nenahwezad Chapter House Vicinity, Fruitland, San Juan County, NM
Fruitland Irrigation Project, Yellowman Siphon, Nenahwezad Chapter House Vicinity, Fruitland, San Juan County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

123 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Fruitland between 2000 and 2020, burning about 895 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 15 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
Debris and open burning92
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Smoking1

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 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementNENAHNEZAD 3
2 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementNENAHNEZAD 9
3 August 2016Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementNENAHNEZAD 6
10 August 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementNE MORGAN LAKE
8 July 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementN36 2ND LANE
6 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementNENAHNEZAD 13
6 July 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementUPPER FRUITLAND 2
5 July 2015Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementOJO AMARILLO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Fruitland: 4 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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
LookoutLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Caudell MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Harper Hill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Richey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Waterflow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in San Juan County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fruitland in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2013Flash FloodFruitland$50,000A 50-yard section of NM 36 was washed over and partially destroyed from several feet of water, rocks, mud, and debris.
September 2013Flash FloodFruitland$50,000State EOC Situation Report #9 indicated that N 562 Road in Fruitland was completely undermined and affected nearly 300 residences. Area completely isolated. A 72 inch pipe was damaged by flood water. N 36 highway also damaged.
May 2009Flash FloodFruitland$50,000Heavy rain caused about four feet of mud to slide into an irrigation canal running along Navajo route 362. This forced water over route 362 and onto farm land and residents' homes.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindFruitland$1,500There was a downed utility pole from a likely strong gust front and microburst ahead of a line of storms moving east from Arizona.

Every storm 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
Nenahnezad1.2 miles21
Kirtland1.9 miles20
Ojo Amarillo3.5 miles20
Upper Fruitland4.6 miles20
Waterflow4.8 miles18
Cottonwood9.3 miles18
Farmington9.4 miles18
Totah Vista10.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 902252. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.