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Alpine Cellars Village, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Ruidoso census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88345. It lies near Musket Ball Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Ruidoso quadrangle.

Alpine Cellars Village within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

Fires near this place

250 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Alpine Cellars Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,541 acres in total. 77 started naturally. 11 were 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
Natural77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Recreation and ceremony57
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Fireworks2
Other causes2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLincoln National Forest120 CAMPFIRE
29 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLincoln National ForestSKYLINE
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPASO
27 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDAM
2 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLincoln National ForestDRY MILLS
2 September 2002Naturalunder an acreLincoln National ForestRUFUS
10 September 2007Naturalunder an acreLincoln National ForestCREST TRAIL
10 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSUN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Alpine Cellars Village: 6 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mccrory ProspectLeadProspect
Silver Contact Claims 1980'sSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer1900, 1905, 1939
Silver Plume MineSilver, Gold, CopperUnknown
Tom's Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1992
Graham MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Jim Strong PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Alto1.8 miles11
Ponderosa Heights2.1 miles10
Sierra Vista2.4 miles11
Sun Valley2.7 miles11
Ruidoso3.1 miles10
Villa Madonna3.7 miles11
Hollywood4.6 miles10
Angus5.1 miles11

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.

Wikidata item Q122543079The 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 912800. 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.