BlockSpur Lake, New Mexico
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Reserve census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87829. The Survey maps it on the Underwood Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1915 USGS Reserve quadrangle1:125000
- 1918 USGS Reserve quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Underwood Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Tularosa Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Underwood Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Spur Lake between 1993 and 2018, burning about 11,806 acres in total. 33 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 | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Gila National Forest | VEGA |
| 19 September 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Gila National Forest | JONES |
| 4 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | BLANCA |
| 2 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | TRAP |
| 15 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | SPUR |
| 14 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | MANGITAS |
| 30 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | MANGITAS |
| 26 July 2003 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Gila National Forest | KNIGHT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luna | 12.7 miles | 14 | |
| Red Hill | 15.6 miles | 11 | |
| Potato Patch | 16.5 miles | 14 | |
| Cruzville | 17.0 miles | 13 | |
| Apache Creek | 17.3 miles | 13 | |
| Aragon | 19.5 miles | 14 | |
| Reserve | 20.3 miles | 14 | |
| Aspen Mountain | 20.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 911358. 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.