BlockHighway Mill, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Southwest Chaves census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88201. The Survey maps it on the Diamond A Ranch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1955 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Diamond A Ranch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Diamond A Ranch quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Horseshoe Bend quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Highway Mill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,669 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Roswell Field Office | O'CONNOR |
| 15 August 2018 | Natural | 49 acres | Roswell Field Office | LARKSPUR |
| 11 August 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Roswell Field Office | BORDER |
| 11 August 1998 | Natural | 16 acres | Roswell Field Office | LARKSPUR |
| 6 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Roswell Field Office | MOSSMAN |
| 26 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Roswell Field Office | CARRYOUT |
| 7 June 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Roswell Field Office | 70 WEST |
| 9 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Roswell Field Office | BORDER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Highway Mill: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamante Mill | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Missouri Plaza (historical) | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| River Mill | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Center Mill | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Mountain View | 17.3 miles | 9 | |
| Roswell | 17.3 miles | 10 | |
| Berrendo (historical) | 18.2 miles | 10 | |
| Fairbanks | 19.2 miles | 9 |
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 Q122562690 | 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 902264. 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.