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Antelope Springs, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Estancia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87016. It lies near Compton Draw. The Survey maps it on the Estancia quadrangle.

Antelope Springs within Torrance County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

33 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Antelope Springs between 1993 and 2014, burning about 1,388 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined22
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionVINCE
5 July 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionWELL
5 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPARACHUTE
5 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMIIN
4 July 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionFENCE
4 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCAT
26 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGATO
25 July 2000Natural80 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLEE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Torrance County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Antelope Springs: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal. 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
Estancia 1 RolandGeothermalUnknown

Every working recorded in Torrance 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
Witt1.0 miles10
McIntosh2.4 miles10
Estancia5.1 miles10
Moriarty10.9 miles10
Pine Springs12.7 miles13
Tajique12.9 miles11
Martinez13.2 miles13
Estancia Ranchettes13.7 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 918024. 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.