BlockAntelope Wells, New Mexico
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the South Hidalgo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88040. It lies near Playas Valley. The Survey maps it on the Whitewater Mountains quadrangle. It stands 4,665 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1917 USGS Antelope Wells quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS Antelope Wells quadrangle1:62500, 2 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
- 1983 USGS Alamo Hueco Mountains quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Whitewater Mountains quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Antelope Wells between 1994 and 2017, burning about 4,697 acres in total. 1 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 | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 June 2017 | Natural | 1,377 acres | Socorro District | WHITEWATER |
| 15 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | LAMENTOS2 |
| 11 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,320 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ANTELOPE WEL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Antelope Wells: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusty Ruthlee | Manganese | Past Producer | 1954 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Lonesome Wells | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Deer | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Alamo Hueco | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Deer Creek Wells | 11.3 miles | 14 | |
| Pierce | 11.6 miles | 13 | |
| McFarlands | 12.9 miles | 13 | |
| Cloverdale | 22.8 miles | 14 | |
| Double Adobes | 24.3 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Antelope Wells | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4771215 | The 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 898517. 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.