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Bonito, New Mexico

11 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 88312. It lies near Fred Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Angus quadrangle.

Bonito within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

204 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Bonito between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,253 acres in total. 67 started naturally. 7 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
Natural67
Recreation and ceremony48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes2
Smoking1

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
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLincoln National ForestBONITO 1
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLincoln National ForestBONITO 3
6 September 2005Naturalunder an acreLincoln National ForestWET
30 September 2015Debris and open burning1.6 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionWOLF
29 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLincoln National ForestSKYLINE
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPASO
22 September 2003Natural7.0 acresLincoln National ForestGEORGE
21 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLincoln National ForestMEADOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Bonito: 17 unknowns, 12 past producers, 9 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, 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
Blue Front MineAluminumUnknown
Crow MineGold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Hope ProspectSilver, Zinc, Lead, CopperProspect
Ironsides ClaimGold, Silver, Lead, ZincUnknown
Maud MineLead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, MolybdenumPast Producer1887, 1964
Maud MineSilver, Lead, GoldUnknown
Mccrory ProspectLeadProspect
Mudpuppy-Waterdog ProspectCopper, Gold, Molybdenum, TelluriumOccurrenceMolybdenite, Pyrite
Parsons MineGold, Silver, MolybdenumPast Producer1886, 1887, 1933
Parsons MineGold, Semiprecious GemstonePast Producer

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
Villa Madonna2.1 miles11
Angus2.3 miles11
Sun Valley3.0 miles11
Sierra Vista3.0 miles11
Alto3.9 miles11
Alpine Cellars Village5.3 miles10
Nogal7.4 miles15
Ponderosa Heights7.4 miles10

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 Q122567337The 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 923566. 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.