Richland, New Mexico

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Dora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88132. The Survey maps it on the Pep quadrangle.

Richland within Roosevelt 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.

1954 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Pep quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Richland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,004 acres in total. 23 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	27
Natural	23
Debris and open burning	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3

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
22 September 2011	Natural	45 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	KIZER 33
9 August 2001	Natural	5.5 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	TALLY
8 August 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	AUCTION
8 August 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	ROSS
7 August 2001	Natural	30 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	WEIR
7 August 2001	Natural	90 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named
7 August 2000	Natural	500 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	PREWETT
22 August 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	120 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	HORN

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 Richland: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Bluitt Sulphur Plant	Sulfur	Producer
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Garrison	3.4 miles	5
Pep	3.8 miles	5
New Hope (historical)	6.6 miles	6
Longs (historical)	7.6 miles	6
Lingo	8.3 miles	5
Causey	8.4 miles	6
Dora	8.9 miles	6
Rogers	11.2 miles	6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898591. 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.