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Casas Adobes, New Mexico

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Mimbres census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88049. It lies near Noonday Canyon. The Survey maps it on the San Lorenzo quadrangle.

Casas Adobes within Grant County

On record in Casas Adobes

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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.

Fires near this place

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Casas Adobes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 445 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Natural9
Debris and open burning9
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
15 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMILLER
3 August 2011Natural3.0 acresGila National ForestHOT SPRINGS
17 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDOCTOR
9 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLAWS
3 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLOWER ACLAIN
3 July 2002Smoking1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLION
28 July 2002Natural25 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionTOWER
19 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPALOMINO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Casas Adobes: 9 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver. 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
Box Well Graben Perlite DepositPerliteOccurrence
Materials Pit 66-50-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
San Cristobal DepositFluorine-FluoritePast Producer1953
Unnamed ProspectZinc, Copper, Lead, SilverOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectCopper, Silver, Zinc, LeadOccurrence
Unnamed MineCopper, Lead, Silver, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed MineCopper, Lead, Silver, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectCopper, Lead, Silver, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectCopper, Lead, Silver, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectCopper, Lead, Silver, ZincOccurrence

Every working recorded in Grant 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
San Lorenzo1.1 miles9
Mimbres3.8 miles9
San Juan3.9 miles9
Sherman5.2 miles8
Santa Rita (historical)6.4 miles17
Union Hill7.6 miles17
Wimsattville7.7 miles17
Turnerville7.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806701. 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.