BlockSeven Rivers, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Carlsbad census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88254. It stands on Middle Seven Rivers. The Survey maps it on the Seven Rivers quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Seven Rivers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Artesia quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
97 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Seven Rivers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,483 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/undetermined | 62 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Roswell Field Office | LAKEWOOD |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carlsbad Field Office | PATO |
| 9 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carlsbad Field Office | SEVEN RIVERS MEDIAN |
| 8 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | 285 |
| 5 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carlsbad Field Office | BRANTLEY |
| 2 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | KOA |
| 12 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carlsbad Field Office | MILE MARKER 35 |
| 7 July 2014 | Fireworks | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CHAMPION 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier Post | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Barber Crossing | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Dayton | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Avalon | 11.9 miles | 11 | |
| Atoka | 12.2 miles | 8 | |
| Illinois Camp | 13.6 miles | 10 | |
| Four Forks | 14.5 miles | 12 | |
| West Carlsbad | 14.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899906. 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.