Antelope, New Mexico
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the North Hidalgo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88020. The Survey maps it on the Beacon Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1918 USGS Playas quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1919 USGS Playas quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Beacon Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Animas quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Antelope in 2020, burning under an acre in total. None 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | ANIMAS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windmill | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Animas | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| White Place | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Playas | 10.0 miles | 17 | |
| Cotton City | 12.6 miles | 9 | |
| Jim Robinson | 13.7 miles | 12 | |
| Spears | 16.6 miles | 14 | |
| Eakins | 17.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898516. 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.







