BlockWhitewater, New Mexico
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Hurley census division. It stands on Cherry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whitewater quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1909 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Whitewater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Whitewater quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Whitewater between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,537 acres in total. 3 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 | 25 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | not named |
| 11 July 2002 | Natural | 20 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RICHARD |
| 8 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FOUR FIRES |
| 3 June 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TRACK II |
| 29 June 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | REST AREA 2 |
| 28 June 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM-137 HWY18 |
| 28 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LONE |
| 27 June 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LAMPBRIGHT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faywood (historical) | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Hurley | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Big Mill | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| North Hurley | 9.8 miles | 12 | |
| Newton (historical) | 9.8 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Grove | 11.7 miles | 13 | |
| Silver Acres | 12.3 miles | 13 | |
| White Signal | 12.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 896563. 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.