Kirk, New Mexico

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1971. It stands in the House-Forrest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88427. The Survey maps it on the Ragland quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Kirk within Quay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 7 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.

1954 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Ragland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Kirk (historical) between 1994 and 2017, burning about 157 acres in total. None 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	4
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
26 July 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	CONKLIN
15 June 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	25 acres	Las Vegas District	RAY RUSH
2 April 2014	Power generation/transmission/distribution	1.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	CATON
12 February 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	80 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	AKIN
11 February 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	RUSH
12 January 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	ODUS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Quay County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Kirk (historical): 6 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Two Unnamed Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Quay 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Ragland	1.7 miles	7
Forrest	6.0 miles	7
Jordan	7.4 miles	6
Cowan (historical)	8.2 miles	7
Quay	8.6 miles	6
Plain (historical)	8.8 miles	7
McAlister	9.1 miles	7
Ford (historical)	10.5 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 921081. 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.