Three Forks, New Mexico

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Carlsbad census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88220. It stands on Middle Rocky Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Ares Peak quadrangle.

Three Forks within Eddy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

1943 USGS Texas Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1945 USGS Texas Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1979 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
2001 USGS Ares Peak quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Three Forks between 1992 and 2019, burning about 11,785 acres in total. 12 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	12
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
8 August 2019	Natural	10,050 acres	Capitan District	20-50410177N
8 August 2016	Natural	570 acres	Lincoln National Forest	LAWYER
8 August 1992	Natural	70 acres	Lincoln National Forest	not named
25 August 2009	Natural	5.0 acres	Carlsbad Field Office	THREE FORKS
2 August 2016	Natural	9.9 acres	Carlsbad Field Office	RAWHIDE
7 July 1993	Natural	450 acres	Lincoln National Forest	not named
5 July 1994	Natural	160 acres	Lincoln National Forest	not named
20 July 2011	Natural	1.0 acres	Carlsbad Field Office	4 WELLS 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Four Wells

Every fire recorded in Eddy 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
Four Wells	3.8 miles	12
Queen	11.2 miles	16
Barber Crossing	22.4 miles	11
Four Forks	22.5 miles	12
Whites City	24.7 miles	12
Seven Rivers	25.5 miles	8
West Carlsbad	28.4 miles	12
San Jose	29.4 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 911677. 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.