BlockMcDermott Wells, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Northwest Chaves census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88201. It lies near Shannon Draw. The Survey maps it on the Shannon Draw quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Shannon Draw quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Salt Creek quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of McDermott Wells between 1992 and 2007, burning about 35 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 | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DRAW |
| 4 April 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RAILROAD 371 |
| 23 April 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 24 March 1992 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Roswell Field Office | SCOTT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frazier (historical) | 13.7 miles | 8 | |
| Acme | 14.1 miles | 8 | |
| Melena | 16.1 miles | 8 | |
| Campbell | 17.7 miles | 8 | |
| Mesa | 18.8 miles | 8 | |
| Elkins | 21.8 miles | 8 | |
| Berrendo (historical) | 22.3 miles | 10 | |
| Olive | 25.3 miles | 8 |
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 Q122594993 | 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 899759. 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.