BlockMartin Well, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Southeast Otero census division. It lies near Martin Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Otero Mesa South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1943 USGS Pendejo Wash quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Crow Flats quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Otero Mesa South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Martin Well between 1992 and 2015, burning about 12,195 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 8 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 1994 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | LITTLEDRAW |
| 7 June 2006 | Natural | 25 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | SOUTH RIM |
| 21 June 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 531 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | MCGREGOR |
| 1 June 1993 | Natural | 4,115 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | MARTIN |
| 3 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 530 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | IMPACT CPX |
| 20 May 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,200 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | WEST MESA |
| 22 April 1994 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | MARTIN |
| 22 April 1994 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | SAVAGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
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 Q122567788 | 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 891646. 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.