Carthage, New Mexico

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Claunch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87832. The Survey maps it on the Canon Agua Buena quadrangle.

Carthage within Socorro County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

1948 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Canon Agua Buena quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Oscura Mountains quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Carthage between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,785 acres in total. 5 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
Natural	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Smoking	4
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
17 August 2014	Natural	276 acres	Socorro Field Office	WEAVER
15 July 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	PEDIA
11 July 1993	Natural	10 acres	Las Cruces Field Office	BELL
11 July 1993	Natural	3.0 acres	Las Cruces Field Office	TRIPLE A
11 July 1993	Natural	3.0 acres	Las Cruces Field Office	FISHER
26 June 2011	Power generation/transmission/distribution	20 acres	Socorro Field Office	STALLION
23 June 2008	Natural	2,645 acres	Socorro Field Office	HWY 380
16 June 1998	Smoking	2.1 acres	Las Cruces Field Office	MM10-380

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Socorro County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Carthage: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Materials Pit 60-7-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Materials Pit 60-8-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Socorro 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Old Carthage	3.6 miles	9
Tokay	4.3 miles	9
Kinney Wells	4.9 miles	10
San Pedro	9.9 miles	10
San Antonio	11.2 miles	10
San Antonito	11.4 miles	10
Laborcita	11.9 miles	10
Bosquecito	12.0 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 938809. 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.