BlockHassell, New Mexico
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the House-Forrest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88121. The Survey maps it on the Hassell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Fort Sumner quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Sumner quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Hassell quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Hassell between 1995 and 2018, burning about 4,238 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2000 | Natural | 35 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HAWKINS |
| 1 August 2007 | Natural | 25 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 28 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FRANKLIN |
| 11 July 2000 | Natural | 4.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PARMER |
| 31 May 2000 | Natural | 100 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CARDINAL |
| 12 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3,400 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WINDFARM |
| 10 March 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DOWNEY |
| 14 February 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 554 acres | Las Vegas District | PALMER RANCH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford (historical) | 4.6 miles | 6 | |
| House | 7.6 miles | 6 | |
| Ford (historical) | 10.3 miles | 7 | |
| Jordan | 11.1 miles | 6 | |
| McAlister | 13.1 miles | 7 | |
| Ragland | 16.9 miles | 7 | |
| Kirk (historical) | 18.1 miles | 7 | |
| Ogle (historical) | 20.1 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898552. 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.