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Hidalgo County, New Mexico

89 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

Research this county

From the record

4 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

New Mexico within the United States
Hidalgo County within New Mexico
Explore by year 1889 1918

What the record shows

  • 1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Lordsburg, between 1902 and 1942.
  • 5 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 494 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 4 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 3 buildings and 1 district.
  • 1 of the 4 listings was added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 38 populated places in this county; 38 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

9 photographs, 1937 to 1938

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Three related drought refugee families from Oklahoma on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Three related drought refugee families from Oklahoma on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Three related Oklahoma drought refugee families near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Three related Oklahoma drought refugee families near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Drought refugee families from Oklahoma on road to Roswell, New Mexico, to chop cotton. Near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Drought refugee families from Oklahoma on road to Roswell, New Mexico, to chop cotton. Near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Drought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Drought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Three related drought refugee families stalled on the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico. From farms near Claremore, Oklahoma. Have been working as migratory workers in Calfornia and Arizona, now trying to get to Roswell, New Mexico, for work chopping cotton. Have car trouble and pulled up alongside the highway. "Would go back to Oklahoma but can't get along there. Can't feed the kids on what they give you (relief budget) and ain't made a crop there you might say for five years. Only other work there is fifty cents a day wages and the farmers can't pay it anyways." One of these families has lost two babies since they left their home in Oklahoma. The children, seventeen months and three years, died in the county hospital at Shafter California, from typhoid fever, resulting from unsanitary conditions in a labor camp
Three related drought refugee families stalled on the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico. From farms near Claremore, Oklahoma. Have been working as migratory workers in Calfornia and Arizona, now trying to get to Roswell, New Mexico, for work chopping cotton. Have car trouble and pulled up alongside the highway. "Would go back to Oklahoma but can't get along there. Can't feed the kids on what they give you (relief budget) and ain't made a crop there you might say for five years. Only other work there is fifty cents a day wages and the farmers can't pay it anyways." One of these families has lost two babies since they left their home in Oklahoma. The children, seventeen months and three years, died in the county hospital at Shafter California, from typhoid fever, resulting from unsanitary conditions in a labor camp
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
The highway going West. U.S. 80 near Lordsburg, New Mexico
The highway going West. U.S. 80 near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1938. Library of Congress
Town of Shakespeare, Lordsburg, Hidalgo County, NM
Town of Shakespeare, Lordsburg, Hidalgo County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

4

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Hidalgo County Courthousebuilding198787000897
Lordsburg High Schoolbuilding201515000606
Lordsburg-Hidalgo County Librarybuilding200403001547
Shakespeare Ghost Towndistrict197373001141

Digitised newspapers

6 issues

Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.

Western Liberal

Lordsburg, N.M., 1887 to 1919. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

The county from the air

48 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 6,851 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-11-01, scale 1:39200
1947-11-01, scale 1:39200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-11-01, scale 1:39200
1947-11-01, scale 1:39200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-11-01, scale 1:39200
1947-11-01, scale 1:39200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-11-01, scale 1:39200
1947-11-01, scale 1:39200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-09-05, scale 1:51676
1952-09-05, scale 1:51676. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-09-05, scale 1:51676
1952-09-05, scale 1:51676. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-04-24, scale 1:54000
1953-04-24, scale 1:54000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-04-24, scale 1:54000
1953-04-24, scale 1:54000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-04-24, scale 1:54000
1953-04-24, scale 1:54000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-04-24, scale 1:54000
1953-04-24, scale 1:54000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-07-11, scale 1:130000
1956-07-11, scale 1:130000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-07-11, scale 1:130000
1956-07-11, scale 1:130000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-07-11, scale 1:130000
1956-07-11, scale 1:130000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-07-11, scale 1:130000
1956-07-11, scale 1:130000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-04-11, scale 1:48600
1957-04-11, scale 1:48600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-04-11, scale 1:48600
1957-04-11, scale 1:48600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-04-26, scale 1:63996
1957-04-26, scale 1:63996. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-04-26, scale 1:63996
1957-04-26, scale 1:63996. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-02-14, scale 1:63996
1958-02-14, scale 1:63996. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-02-14, scale 1:63996
1958-02-14, scale 1:63996. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-02-14, scale 1:63996
1958-02-14, scale 1:63996. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-02-14, scale 1:63996
1958-02-14, scale 1:63996. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-17, scale 1:17200
1964-02-17, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-17, scale 1:17200
1964-02-17, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-17, scale 1:17200
1964-02-17, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-17, scale 1:17200
1964-02-17, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-12-06, scale 1:118273
1969-12-06, scale 1:118273. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-12-06, scale 1:118346
1969-12-06, scale 1:118346. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-12-06, scale 1:118346
1969-12-06, scale 1:118346. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-12-06, scale 1:118346
1969-12-06, scale 1:118346. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-16, scale 1:104904
1970-03-16, scale 1:104904. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-16, scale 1:104904
1970-03-16, scale 1:104904. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-16, scale 1:104904
1970-03-16, scale 1:104904. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-16, scale 1:100653
1970-03-16, scale 1:100653. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-06-07, scale 1:73575
1971-06-07, scale 1:73575. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-06-07, scale 1:73575
1971-06-07, scale 1:73575. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-06-07, scale 1:73575
1971-06-07, scale 1:73575. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-06-07, scale 1:74872
1971-06-07, scale 1:74872. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-19, scale 1:123000
1972-05-19, scale 1:123000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-08-01, scale 1:127000
1972-08-01, scale 1:127000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-08-01, scale 1:127000
1972-08-01, scale 1:127000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-11-21, scale 1:128000
1972-11-21, scale 1:128000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-04-06, scale 1:31000
1973-04-06, scale 1:31000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-04-06, scale 1:31000
1973-04-06, scale 1:31000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-04-06, scale 1:30000
1973-04-06, scale 1:30000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-04-06, scale 1:30000
1973-04-06, scale 1:30000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-01-20, scale 1:80000
1975-01-20, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-01-20, scale 1:80000
1975-01-20, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

26 stations, 4 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

13 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 12-1Election Precinct 1, Lordsburg: Lordsburg city: Lordsburg city - That part comprising Ward 1 Bounded by Ward line, 5th; Pyramid, Ward line; City limits; City limits
  • 12-2Election Precinct 1: Lordsburg city - That part comprising Ward 2 Bounded by 5th, Ward line; City limits; City limits; City limits, Ward line, Pyramid
  • 12-3Election Precinct 1: Lordsburg city - That part comprising Ward 3 Bounded by City limits; Ward line, North, Ward line, Pyramid; 5th, Ward line; City limits
  • 12-4Election Precinct 1: Lordsburg city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by City limits; City limits; Southern Pacific Railroad; Ward line, North, Ward line
  • 12-5Election Precinct 1: Lordsburg city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Southern Pacific Railroad; City limits; Ward line; 5th Pyramid, Ward line
  • 12-6Election Precinct 1, Lordsburg - That part outside Lordsburg city
  • 12-7Election Precinct 2, Virden: Virden village
  • 12-8Election Precinct 2, Virden - That part outside Virden village
  • 12-9Election Precinct 4, Steins
  • 12-10Election Precinct 5, Rodeo
  • 12-11Election Precinct 7, Animas Station
  • 12-12Election Precinct 8, Walnut Wells
  • 12-13Election Precinct 9. Cloverdale

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

250 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 250 of them, burning about 531,330 acres. 83 started naturally and 2 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined132
Natural83
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning6
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
10 June 2009Natural95,000 acresLas Cruces Field OfficePASCO
22 April 2018Natural61,620 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeOK BAR
11 June 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined41,800 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionFLAT COMPLEX
27 June 2002Natural31,000 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeWALNUT
9 June 1993Natural27,181 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeLINCH
7 May 1999Natural23,680 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeGARCIA
7 May 2011Recreation and ceremony23,600 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeCLOVERDALE 2
16 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined20,586 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeSAN LUIS

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1961 to 2025

60 of 68 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 68 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $88,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind36
Hail17
Flash Flood8
Tornado3
Heavy Rain3
Funnel Cloud1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2017Thunderstorm WindMondel$50,000Power was out in Lordsburg area for over 30 hours. The wind created a dust storm with near zero visibility west of Lordsburg near mile marker 6 which caused a 2015 Dodge truck towing a travel trailer to rear end an 18 wheeler which had slowed down due to the conditions. One woman in the Dodge truck was killed and serious injuries were sustained to the driver of the truck.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindAnimas$25,000About 20 power poles were down between Animas and Rodeo. Power was out for over 36 hours in these areas.
May 2007HailCloverdale$5,000Downburst winds gusting to an estimated 80 mph drove a large amount of quarter size hail into the sides of buildings on the Midbar Ranch. All screens on the windward side were destroyed. Bark was stripped from trees on the windward side of trunks. Tall grass was stripped to near the ground.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindLordsburg$3,000Thunderstorm outflow winds gusted to 70 mph in Lordsburg, blowing down power lines and trees throughout the town.
June 1961Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500no account filed
October 2015Thunderstorm WindAnimas$2,000Power poles down in Animas.
July 2013HailVirden$500Trained spotters reported golf ball size hail and damage to crops and trees. There was also a broken house window.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindMondel-A NMDOT site on the Lordsburg Playa recorded a peak wind gust of 71 mph.
August 2025Flash FloodSteins-The Emergency Manager reported flash flooding on Interstate 10 westbound where water was running across the lanes.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMondel-A Mesonet station on the Lordsburg Playa near mile marker 7 reported a peak gust of 67 mph. Several other stations on the playa reported gusts of 60 to 65 mph.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLordsburg Arpt-A peak gust of 63 mph was reported at the Lordsburg Airport.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPlayas-The Hachita Valley RAWS station recorded a peak gust of 72 mph.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMondel-The Mesonet station at mile marker 12 along Interstate 10 recorded a peak gust of 65 mph.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMondel-An NMDOT Mesonet station near mile post 7 on Interstate 10 recorded a peak gust of 68 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMondel-An NMDOT site on the Lordsburg Playa recorded a peak gust of 61 mph which created areas of blowing dust reducing visibilities to under a half mile.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindGary-A Mesonet station on the Lordsburg Playa near mile marker 13 recorded a peak wind gust of 64 mph.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindMondel-A highway department weather sensor recorded a 60 mph gust about 9 miles east-northeast of Road Forks along Interstate 10.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMondel-Occurred at mile marker 12 on Interstate 10.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMondel-Mile post 7 Mesonet site on Interstate 10.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindRodeo-Chiricahua Desert Museum Mesonet site.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMondel-Mesonet station at mile post 12 on Interstate 10.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMondel-Mesonet station at mile marker 11 on Interstate 10.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindGary-Report from Mesonet station on the Lordsburg Playa at mile marker 13.
July 2020Funnel CloudRodeo-The public captured a photo of a well-developed funnel cloud north of Rodeo, NM just east of Highway 80. No debris is seen at the base and no damage reported.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMondel-New Mexico DOT mesonet site located 5 miles northeast of Road Forks.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMondel-Recorded at a New Mexico DOT site 6 miles northeast of Road Forks.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMondel-Recorded at a New Mexico DOT site located 4 miles northeast of Road Forks.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMondel-New Mexico DOT site located west of Lordsburg. Some blowing dust was also reported in the vicinity.
October 2017Heavy RainAnimas-A total of 3.60 inches of rain was reported about 3 miles southeast of Animas.
October 2017Flash FloodAnimas-Dirt roads were washed out just to the southeast of Animas.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindLordsburg-A wind gust blew a power line down in Lordsburg on South Main Street.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindAnimas-A wind gust was estimated at 60 mph along with low visibility from blowing dust.
September 2016Tornado (EFU)Lordsburg-A landspout tornado was photographed just northwest of Lordsburg. No damage was reported and no survey was done to rate the tornado. Location and path are approximate based on photographer location.
July 2015Flash FloodSummit-Highway 92 had wash outs from mile marker 0 to mile marker 11.
September 2014Heavy RainRodeo-A CoCoRaHS Observer reported 4.17 inches of precipitation from the 16th through early on the 19th.
September 2014Heavy RainCloverdale-A spotter in Cloverdale reported a total of 4.31 inches of rain between the 17th and early on the 19th. There was some localized road flooding in the town of Cloverdale.
August 2013Flash FloodLordsburg-The Hidalgo County Sheriff reported major flooding in Lordsburg. Four to five feet of standing water were reported at the Interstate 10 under passes near Motel Drive at both the east and west ends of Lordsburg. A vehicle extraction was also performed at the Highway 70 underpass. A mesonet site reported 2.16 inches of rainfall near the Interstate 10 port of entry with instantaneous rainfall rates exceeded 5 inches per hour at times.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindVirden-A trained spotter reported wind took down an 8 inch diameter tree.
August 2010HailAnimas-Pea to nickel sized hail covered the ground.
April 2007HailAnimas-Nickel size hail covered the ground on a ranch north of Animas.
August 2007Flash FloodVirden-Highway 92 was impassable due to flooded washes.
August 2006HailAnimas-Dime to golf ball size hail was reported by a U.S. Customs agent at the checkpoint in Antelope Wells.
October 2005Tornado (F0)Animas-A weak landspout tornado was observed by NM State Police south of Animas. It remained over unpopulated desert terrain.
October 2002Flash FloodCentral Portion-An inch and a half to two inches of rain within an hour flooded portions of area roads, especially Highway 9 just east of Animas and Highway 90 near Lordsburg.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindLordsburg-A severe thunderstorm ripped through the Lordsburg area causing widespread power outages and structural damage. There were numerous reports of downed utility poles. A mobile home was pushed 4 feet off of the foundation with another mobile home damaged when a porch was hurled through the air. A barn on the east side of Lordsburg was completey torn apart. In addition to the strong winds, heavy rains caused minor flooding of streets and intersections.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindLordsburg-Considerable damage resulted from thunderstorm winds in the vicinity of Lordsburg. Damage included several storage buildings destroyed and a power outage which lasted several hours due to a downed power pole.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMondel-no account filed
June 2018HailLordsburg-no account filed
July 2015HailLordsburg-no account filed
September 2011HailPlayas-no account filed
September 2011HailAnimas-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindCloverdale-no account filed
May 2007HailCloverdale-no account filed
May 2007HailRodeo-no account filed
August 2006Flash FloodCountywide-no account filed
April 2004HailLordsburg-no account filed
July 2003HailLordsburg-no account filed
September 2002HailLordsburg-no account filed
September 2002Flash FloodNorth Portion-no account filed
March 1999Thunderstorm WindAnimas-no account filed

Mines and quarries

342 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 342 workings inside this county. 19 still produce and 323 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction59
Copper27
Gold27
Manganese24
Fluorine-Fluorite24
Silver17
Lead15
Copper, Silver12
Tungsten12
Stone, Crushed/Broken12
Lead, Zinc10
Lead, Silver9
Zinc8
Copper, Silver, Gold8

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Hidalgo SmelterCopper, Sulfur, Sulfuric AcidPlant
Allen MineAntimonyOccurrenceStibnite
AnitaGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Anita MineLead, Copper, Silver, Gold, ZincPast Producer1961
Apache MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth, TungstenPast Producer1875, 1885, 1956
Apache MineSilver, Copper, Tungsten, Lead, BismuthPast Producer
Apex GroupCopper, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Baker Standard ClaimsMolybdenum, TungstenPast Producer
BattleshipLead, Gold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
BeckZinc, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Beck MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1885, 1936
Bellah's VanadiumVanadiumUnknown
Bonney-Misers Chest & 85 Mine & PltGold, Silver, Copper, ZincPlant
Buckhorn MineSilver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth, TelluriumPast Producer1880, 1885, 1940
Carbonate Hill MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, GoldPast Producer1894, 1956
Chapo MineLead, CopperPast Producer
Clementine ClaimLead, Silver, CopperPast Producer1955
Creeper TunnelsArsenicProspect
Eagle MineLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, BismuthPast Producer1885, 1938
Eagle MineSilver, Lead, BismuthPast Producer
Ester MineCopper, IronOccurrence1956
FaithLead, Zinc, SilverUnknown
General Jerry Boyle MineCopper, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer1914
Gold Hill MineGold, Copper, Silver, Bismuth, Tellurium, Lead, ZincPast Producer1908, 1941
Granite Gap MinesSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Arsenic, TungstenPast Producer1885, 1950
Granite Gap MinesArsenic, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Guano MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Hawkins, Kelly, & ButterworthCopper, Silver, UraniumUnknown
Henry Clay MineCopper, Silver, Zinc, Gold, LeadPast Producer1875, 1885, 1962
Hoggett Manganese DepositsManganese, Fluorine-Fluorite, TungstenPast ProducerFluorite, Psilomelane
HomestakeLead, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Homestake-Needmore MineLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1952
James ThomasLead, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Jowell WorkingsZinc, GoldOccurrence
Kirk's Perlite Industries DepositVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerPumice
Last ChanceCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Last Chance MineSilver, Lead, Copper, Gold, ZincPast Producer1882, 1950
Lead KingLead, Vanadium, CopperProspect
Lead Queen MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Cadmium, CopperPast Producer1870
Light Load MinePumicePast Producer
Lordsburg DistrictGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, LeadPast Producer1870, 1970
Mineral Mountain MineSilver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer1904
Name UnknownCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceVein
New Year ProspectZinc, Lead, AntimonyProspect
Peace Manganese ProspectManganese, Tungsten, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1916, 1943, 1954
Plains GroupFluorine-Fluorite, ManganesePast Producer1952
Pratt Fire Clay QuarryFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Pratt Fire-Clay PitClayProducerClay
Ridge ClaimsManganese, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1953
RinconZinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer
RuthSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, ZincPast Producer
San Simon DistrictSilver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Arsenic, ZincPast Producer1875
Sheridan MineLead, Zinc, Silver, CadmiumPast Producer1875
Silver Trail MineVanadium, Lead, Zinc, Copper, SilverOccurrence
Steins PassGold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, LeadPast Producer1875
Sunrise MineTungsten, Copper, Silver, LeadPast Producer1943, 1956
Unnamed QuarryGraniteUnknown
Waldo MineLead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Weatherford's Uranium DepositUranium, ThoriumOccurrence
White Rock DepositRhenium, Uranium, Thorium, TantalumOccurrenceAllanite, Euxenite
Animas MineCalcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, SilicaPast Producer1943
Barnett MineGold, Silver, CopperProspect
Big Three GroupGold, Lead, SilverUnknown
Big Three ProspectSilver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, GoldOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Boles Uranium ProspectUraniumOccurrence
Brockman MineSilicaProducer
Brockman MineSilicaProducer
Chapo MineCopper, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer1916, 1939
Charles MineCopper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Cherry's MinesUraniumOccurrence
Copper Dick MineCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer1890, 1905, 1954
Eagle Point Tungsten ClaimsTungsten, MolybdenumPast Producer1940, 1943
Fluorite GroupCalcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, SilicaPast Producer1937
Name UnknownGold, LeadOccurrenceGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Nellie Bly MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer1943
Red Hill MineLead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, MolybdenumPast Producer1905, 1950
Scheelite GroupTungsten, MolybdenumOccurrence
Three J's ClaimsREE, Silver, GoldUnknown
Venus MineSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast Producer1880, 1923
Volcano MineSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast Producer1885, 1982
White Rock DepositREEProspect
Ada Etta ClaimLead, Silver, Copper, GoldPast Producer1928
Amber Pearl MinesPerlitePast Producer
Animas Valley WellGeothermalUnknown
Aztec MineCalciumUnknown
Big Wolf CalciteCalciumOccurrence
Bonney MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer1885
CharlesCopper, Lead, SilverPast ProducerVein
Christmas Tree MineSilver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Daisy MineSilver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Doyle PropertyLead, Zinc, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Eighty-Five MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer1885, 1973
Francis Kay Mine Aberdeen Group Atlantic MineLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, ZincPast Producer1950, 1952
Green King MineLead, Silver, Copper, GoldPast Producer1941
Hand Car MineGold, CopperPast ProducerVein
Hope Faith & Charity GroupCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Humble No. 1 State AbGeothermalUnknown
Leintendorf Hills PerlitePerliteProducer
Lizzie Paul ProspectGold, CopperOccurrenceVein
Owens MineCopper, LeadUnknown
Proverbial Gypsum Nos. 1 & 2Gypsum-AnhydriteProspect
Proverbial MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1955
Pyramid Mountains DepositPerliteOccurrence
Rosa 1-2-3-4Copper, LeadPast Producer
Silver Hill MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer1877, 1910, 1953
Silver Trail TunnelLead, Silver, Gold, CalciumProspect
Steins Peak WellGeothermalUnknown
Unnamed OccurrenceGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrencePodiform
American MineSilver, CopperPast Producer
Blue Hill MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Bluebird MineLead, Silver, Copper, GoldPast Producer1941
Copper Reef GroupGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer1925
Daisy MineGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer1865
Eagle PointTungsten, MolybdenumPast Producer
Eldorado GroupLead, Silver, Copper, GoldPast Producer1932
Gamco MineLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
KneyerTungsten, MolybdenumProspect
Lordsburg/Goldfield-HidalgoSilver, Gold, CopperPlant1983
Misers Chest MineGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer1879, 1885
Muscovy MineZinc, Lead, MolybdenumPast Producer
Robert E LeeSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Santa Maria TunnelGold, Copper, SilverProspect
Sylvanite MineSilver, CopperUnknown
Whaley GroupSilver, CopperPast Producer
Yucca ClaimSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Atwood-Henry ClaySilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Coyle MineGold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Eighty-Five MineSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Green MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Mikesell GroupSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperUnknown
Nelly BlySilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Pearl MineGold, SilverProspect
Saddle & Silver MineGold, SilverOccurrenceVein
VenusSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Bob Cat MineSilver, GoldPast Producer
BuckhornSilver, GoldPast Producer
Carbonate GroupZinc, LeadUnknown
Carbonate Hill MineZinc, Lead, SilverProducer
Creeper TunnelsSilver, GoldOccurrenceVein
Doyle MineZinc, Lead, SilverProspect
HughesSilver, GoldUnknown
Lead QueenZinc, LeadPast Producer
OwlZinc, LeadPast Producer
RidgewoodSilver, GoldPast Producer
Robert E. Lee MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1885, 1940
Ruth MineZinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1952
Atwood MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer1875, 1885, 1961
Battleship GroupCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer1895, 1937
Cobra Negra GroupCopper, Silver, Gold, LeadPast Producer1925, 1950
Gold HillCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Goodsight MineCopper, Silver, Gold, LeadPast Producer1939
Last Chance Vein Part of Bonney GroupCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerVein
Luna MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Mineral Mountain MineSilver, LeadPast Producer
Owl MineLead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Sphalerite
Red Hill MineSilver, LeadPast Producer
Silver Fox MineSilver, LeadPast ProducerVein
Silver Fox MineSilver, LeadProspect
Fitch PropertyLead, SilverPast ProducerVein
Stella Maris #1 Copper Queen ?Copper, Lead, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite
Carbonate Hill Mine ExtensionLead, Zinc, SilverPast ProducerGalena, Silver, Sphalerite
Crystal MineLead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Crystal MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Duke ClaimsLead, Zinc, SilverOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Occidental MineLead, ZincProspect
American MineCopper, SilverOccurrenceVein
Athena ProspectsFluorine-Fluorite, Copper, SilverPast Producer1969, 1972, 1975
Barnett PropertyCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerVein
Blue Hill MineTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Buck Deer ClaimsTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Buck Deer ClaimsTungstenProspect
Century MineLead, TungstenProducerWulfenite
Copper Dick MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Johnny Bull MineCopper, Silver, LeadPast Producer1885, 1917
Jowell MineCopper, SilverPast ProducerVein
Little Hatchet MineCopper, SilverPast Producer
Materials Pit 56-6-SStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Materials Pit 56-83-FStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Materials Pit 58-64-SStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Materials Pit 60-14-SStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Materials Pit 66-25-SStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Materials Pit 67-40-SStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Scheelite GroupTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Sunrise ClaimTungstenProspect
Unnamed Basalt Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerBasalt
Unnamed Quartz Latite Porphyry Stone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed Quartz Latite Stone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed Rhyolite Stone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceRhyolite
Unnamed Rhyolite Stone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceRhyolite
Unnamed Rhyolite Stone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceRhyolite
Ward MineTungstenPast Producer
Ward Tungsten MineTungsten, CopperPast Producer1954, 1957
CenturyLeadPast Producer
Ford ProspectLeadOccurrence
Judita GroupLeadOccurrence
Monarch Canyon MineLeadOccurrenceVein
Name UnknownLeadOccurrenceVein
Silver Tree MineLeadOccurrenceVein
WaldoLeadPast Producer
Croom Bros MineSilver, ManganeseProspect
Federal GroupGold, SilverPast ProducerChlorargyrite, Gold
Gillespie MineSilver, CopperPast Producer1880, 1885
Gillespie MineSilverPast Producer
Knickerbocker MineSilverPast Producer1882
Nutshell MineCopper, SilverProspect
Sixty-Six MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
VolcanoSilverProducer
Amy KManganesePast Producer1952
Amy K ClaimsManganesePast ProducerVein
Animas MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer1942, 1953
Athena MineFluorine-FluoriteProducer1958
Athena Prospect Number 2Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1958
Big NineFluorine-FluoriteProspectFluorite
Big Nine ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite
Big Nine ProspectFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Black Bob GroupManganesePast Producer1955
Black Bob and WinnieManganesePast ProducerPsilomelane
Black FaceManganesePast Producer1957
Black Face Manganese ProspectManganesePast Producer1943
Black Streak ClaimManganesePast Producer1953
Bug HouseFluorine-FluoriteProspect
CampbellFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceVein
Combined Minerals Corp. MineManganesePast Producer1910
Consolation No. 1ManganesePast ProducerPsilomelane
Fluorite GroupFluorine-FluoritePast Producer1937, 1945
Fluorite PitsFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Gila BendManganeseOccurrence
Kukendall Prop.ManganesePast Producer1954
Kuykendal PropertyManganesePast ProducerPsilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
Lone Star ProspectFluorine-FluoritePast Producer1946
Lone Star ProspectFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Lucky 3 ClaimManganesePast Producer1953
Lucky 3 and Black StreakManganesePast ProducerVein
Name UnknownFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceVein
Name UnknownFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
O'ConorsManganeseOccurrence
PeaceManganesePast Producer1954
Purple Spar ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite
Ridge Prospect 1952Manganese, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1937
Rusty RuthleeManganesePast Producer1954
U-Bar Fault ProspectsFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite
Volcano ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1958
Volcano ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Ward and Consolation No. 2ManganesePast ProducerPsilomelane
Washburn ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Wilson ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite
Wilson ProspectFluorine-FluoriteProspectSurface
Winkler Anticline Fluorspar DepositsFluorine-FluoritePast Producer1974, 1975
Winnie ClaimManganesePast Producer1959
Wrights FluorsparFluorine-FluoriteUnknown
AberdeenCopperPast Producer
BelleCopperPast Producer
Clemmie MineGoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrrhotite
Cobra NegraCopperPast Producer
DepressionCopperPast Producer
Eloro MineCopperPast Producer
Faria WorkingsGoldProspect
Federal Resources Corp ConcentratorCopperProducer
Francis KayCopperPast Producer
Golden EagleGoldUnknown
Golden Eagle MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Green CopperCopperPast Producer
Green MineGoldOccurrenceGold, Tetradymite
Handcar VeinGoldProspect
Hobson ClaimCopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite
Johnny Bull MineCopperPast Producer
Livermore-Cottonwood Springs PlacersGoldPast Producer1908
Mill Mine Golden Chief, and Standard Includes CaliforniaGoldOccurrenceVein
Name UnknownGoldOccurrenceVein
Name UnknownGoldOccurrenceVein
Name UnknownGoldOccurrenceVein
Name UnknownGoldOccurrenceVein
Napane MineCopperPast Producer
Nellie Gray MineCopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite
OrograndeGoldPast Producer
Pearl MineGoldPast Producer1908
Polyanna MineCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite
Ridgewood MineGold, CopperPast ProducerVein
Silver DollarCopperPast Producer
Summertime MineCopperPast Producer
SusieCopperPast Producer
Wake-Up-Charlie MineGoldPast Producer
Wing Feather LadyGoldUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Hachita PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Lazy B Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials Pit 56-104-FSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 56-16-FSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 56-32-FSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 58-102-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 58-110-FSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 58-29-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 58-62-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 60-11-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 60-29-FSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 60-73-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 66-26-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 76-6-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Three Unnamed Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Two Unnamed Borrow PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Two Unnamed Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Two Unnamed Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Blow-Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Unnamed Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand and Gravel
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
Unnamed Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
Unnamed Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
Unnamed Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
Unnamed Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand and Gravel

Every populated place in the county

38

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 1 place that was also surveyed for fire insurance comes first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

The vanished settlements of Hidalgo County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Lordsburg, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1902 to 1942

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

2 structures

The vanished settlements of Hidalgo County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.