BlockLake Van, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dexter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88230. The Survey maps it on the Dexter East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1950 USGS Dexter East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Lake Van between 1992 and 2020, burning about 906 acres in total. 1 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 | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Roswell Field Office | JOYCE |
| 17 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LINCOLN |
| 7 July 2014 | Fireworks | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LINCOLN 2 |
| 6 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ROCKING |
| 5 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CAROL |
| 4 July 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge | HATCHERY COMPLEX |
| 29 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Roswell Field Office | MM27 |
| 25 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Roswell Field Office | OJIBWA 2 |
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 Lake Van: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dexter Plant | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dexter | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Greenfield | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hagerman | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Chisum | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Blackdom (historical) | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Midway | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Mossman | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| East Grand Plains | 10.7 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 Q122572612 | 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 932956. 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.