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Prairieview, New Mexico

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1970. It stands in the Lovington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88260. The Survey maps it on the Prairieview quadrangle.

Prairieview within Lea County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 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

33 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Prairieview between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,244 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural2
Debris and open burning1

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
15 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionWALKER
15 August 2020Natural14 acresCapitan District21-50430199X
15 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use125 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
26 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHOTPSOT
20 July 2015Natural2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPRAIRIEVIEW
16 July 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresCapitan DistrictDICKERSON
23 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCARSON
6 May 2014Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCROCKETT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lea 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 Prairieview: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Un Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Un. Grav. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Un. Grav. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Un. Grav. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Un. Grav. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Un. Grav. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Lea 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
Hillburn City6.3 miles7
McDonald7.0 miles6
Gladiola11.1 miles5
Tatum12.8 miles5
Lovington13.2 miles6
Knowles18.1 miles7
Humble City20.8 miles7
Air Base City22.6 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920668. 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.