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Krider, New Mexico

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1973. It stands in the Elida census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88124. The Survey maps it on the Krider quadrangle.

Krider within Roosevelt 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.

Fires near this place

26 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Krider between 1994 and 2020, burning about 10,255 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 1 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
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
30 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBROCKMAN
14 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGOLF CART
5 August 2011Natural1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGRIDER
4 August 2011Natural299 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDAVIS
3 August 2011Natural80 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionNORTH WOODY
27 August 2016Natural10 acresCapitan DistrictWEST DIAMOND TRAIL
14 August 2012Natural350 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGRIDER
22 July 2011Natural440 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionNORTH RANGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roosevelt County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Krider: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Valley Tolar Pit No. 1Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer1992
Dickenson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Roosevelt County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Krider in 2 storm reports in 2008: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008HailKrider-Quarter size hail was at the Melrose Bombing Range.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindKrider-A wind gust to 81 mph was reported at Melrose Bombing Range.

Every storm 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
Tolar4.8 miles7
Cantara5.4 miles7
Benson (historical)16.4 miles7
Floyd20.6 miles7
Upton21.7 miles6
Ingram (historical)22.7 miles6
Bethel24.2 miles8
Tinsley Crossing30.8 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 915849. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.