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Kearney, New Mexico

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Tularosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88310. It stands on La Luz Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alamogordo North quadrangle.

Kearney within Otero County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

21 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Kearney between 1993 and 2016, burning about 84 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1
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
8 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDELBERT
5 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionFLORIDA
5 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLOPEZ
4 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRED
4 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionARROYO
4 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionAMY
7 June 2011Other causes2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLEGION
28 June 2010Natural15 acresLincoln National ForestDRY CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otero County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Kearney: 5 unknowns, 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Paul Blankenship's Gravel PitStonePast ProducerStratabound
Dugan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
La Luz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ortega PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State Hwy Pit No 56-23-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
State Hwy Pit No. 56-24-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
State Hwy Pit No. 56-65-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
State Hwy Pit No. 57-38-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
State Hwy Pit No. 58-103-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Otero 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
Alamorosa1.6 miles9
La Luz2.7 miles12
Alamogordo5.9 miles12
Tularosa6.5 miles13
High Rolls8.6 miles11
Mountain Park9.1 miles11
Omlee10.0 miles13
Monista (historical)11.0 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920620. 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.