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Hagerman Heights, New Mexico

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Carlsbad census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88220. It sits by Wildcat Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Carlsbad East quadrangle.

Hagerman Heights within Eddy County

On record in Hagerman Heights

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

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Hagerman Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 323 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined62
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Natural2
Other causes1

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
24 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRoswell Field OfficeTORNADO2
18 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRoswell Field OfficeRELIEF
6 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRELIEF 2
2 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionTOWNSEND
10 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLIVING DESER
10 August 1992Naturalunder an acreRoswell Field OfficeAVALON
9 July 2020Fireworksunder an acreCapitan District21-50130053X
6 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHIDALGO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eddy County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hagerman Heights: 6 producers, 4 unknowns. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Eddy County PitsStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
New Mexico Salt CompanySaltProducer
Townsite SaltSaltUnknown
Constructors PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Constructors Pit Inc. CrusherSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Constructors, Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Eddy County PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Rose PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Carlsbad0.5 miles11
San Jose0.8 miles11
La Huerta1.8 miles11
West Carlsbad1.9 miles12
Otis5.3 miles11
Avalon5.7 miles11
Four Forks7.6 miles12
Barber Crossing10.4 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122545811The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899661. 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.