BlockRiver Mill, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Southwest Chaves census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88201. The Survey maps it on the Diamond A Ranch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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
- 1956 USGS Diamond A Ranch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Diamond A Ranch quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Horseshoe Bend quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of River Mill between 1995 and 2019, burning about 44 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2015 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Roswell Field Office | DRAW |
| 16 May 2019 | Natural | 15 acres | Roswell Field Office | BUCHANAN |
| 16 April 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TWIN DAMS |
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 River Mill: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri Plaza (historical) | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Center Mill | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Diamante Mill | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Highway Mill | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Mountain View | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Roswell | 14.1 miles | 10 | |
| South Spring Acres | 14.7 miles | 9 | |
| Fairbanks | 14.9 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 Q122552793 | 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 902343. 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.