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Inez, New Mexico

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Dora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88132. The Survey maps it on the Causey West quadrangle.

Inez within Roosevelt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Inez between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,240 acres in total. 16 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/undetermined41
Natural16
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
5 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSMITH NO. 2
29 September 2011Natural5.8 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionKILLION
27 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use38 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGRANT
10 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMACK
8 August 2000Natural130 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionAINSWORTH
5 August 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution22 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCAMERON
30 August 2011Natural31 acresGrulla National Wildlife RefugeTHEDFORD
19 August 2014Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBELCHER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roosevelt County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Inez: 4 unknowns. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Roosevelt 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
Longs (historical)4.6 miles6
Rogers4.7 miles6
Causey6.1 miles6
Garrison8.8 miles5
Arch10.1 miles9
Dora10.4 miles6
Eiland (historical)10.5 miles9
Richland11.9 miles5

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898557. 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.