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.
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.
- Acklin Storelisted 1988 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS San Lorenzo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Hatch quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS San Lorenzo quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS San Lorenzo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
68 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 33 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MILLER |
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Gila National Forest | HOT SPRINGS |
| 17 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DOCTOR |
| 9 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LAWS |
| 3 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LOWER ACLAIN |
| 3 July 2002 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LION |
| 28 July 2002 | Natural | 25 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TOWER |
| 19 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PALOMINO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box Well Graben Perlite Deposit | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Materials Pit 66-50-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| San Cristobal Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1953 | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Lorenzo | 1.1 miles | 9 | |
| Mimbres | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| San Juan | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Sherman | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Santa Rita (historical) | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Union Hill | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| Wimsattville | 7.7 miles | 17 | |
| Turnerville | 7.7 miles | 17 |
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.





