BlockThree Rivers, New Mexico
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Tularosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88352. The Survey maps it on the Three Rivers quadrangle. It stands 4,570 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1916 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Three Rivers quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Three Rivers quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Three Rivers quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Three Rivers between 1993 and 2018, burning about 237 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 1995 | Natural | 66 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | THREE RIVE |
| 9 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TUCKER |
| 31 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | OLD WINDMILL |
| 30 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | THREE RIVER |
| 18 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.7 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | LINE |
| 8 April 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | SANDY |
| 18 November 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RV |
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 Three Rivers: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Hwy Pit No. 77-8-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Three Rivers in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Flood | Three Rivers | $25,000 | Part of a bridge was damaged on US Highway 54 near mile marker 93. Edges of the roadway eroded and were washed away. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Three Rivers | - | Reported at the ABCI Mesonet station on the White Sands Missile Range. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Three Rivers | - | Mesonet site on the White Sands Missile Range. |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Three Rivers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7797718 | 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 920716. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.