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Sand Springs, New Mexico

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Logan-Nara Visa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88430. The Survey maps it on the Logan NE quadrangle.

Sand Springs within Quay 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

5 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Sand Springs between 1998 and 2011, burning about 1,165 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
24 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionTODD
17 June 2009Natural290 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionWALKER
29 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined350 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionOBAR
18 May 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution125 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionEARL
25 April 2009Railroad operations and maintenance250 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSAND SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Quay County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Sand Springs: 5 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. 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
Bruhn Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer1992
Bruhn Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Bruhn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Frank May PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Quay 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
Canode (historical)3.9 miles5
Obar6.1 miles4
Anniston (historical)7.1 miles5
Logan10.0 miles5
Nara Visa13.5 miles4
Porter17.8 miles4
Hudson19.5 miles6
Bard23.8 miles5

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 923525. 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.