BlockHarkey Crossing, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Loving census division. It lies near Bond Draw. The Survey maps it on the Bond Draw quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1945 USGS Malaga quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Malaga 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 Bond Draw quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Harkey Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,098 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carlsbad Field Office | BROWN COMPLEX |
| 18 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carlsbad Field Office | DEBRIS |
| 7 July 2011 | Fireworks | 5.0 acres | Carlsbad Field Office | RAINBOW |
| 29 July 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Carlsbad Field Office | BLACK RIVER |
| 27 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Carlsbad Field Office | BLACK RIVER |
| 22 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carlsbad Field Office | BLACK RIVER 1244 |
| 18 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Carlsbad Field Office | DRAG STRIP |
| 6 June 2011 | Natural | 61 acres | Carlsbad Field Office | OGDEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black River Village | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lookout Crossing | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Lookout (historical) | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Loving | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Malaga | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Harroun Crossing | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Otis | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Whites City | 10.4 miles | 12 |
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 Q122561384 | The 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 899665. 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.