Cherryville, New Mexico

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Magdalena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87943. It lies near Wild Bull Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Montoya Butte quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cherryville within Socorro 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.

1954 USGS Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Montoya Butte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1979 USGS San Mateo Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1995 USGS Montoya Butte quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

5 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Cherryville (historical) between 2000 and 2008, burning about 1,043 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

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
19 June 2008	Natural	122 acres	Cibola National Forest	WILDBULL
1 June 2002	Natural	368 acres	Socorro Field Office	DUCK 4
1 June 2002	Natural	2.4 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	ALAMOSA
25 May 2000	Natural	529 acres	Socorro Field Office	KNISELY
24 May 2003	Natural	22 acres	Socorro Field Office	DUSTY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Socorro County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cherryville (historical): 1 unknown, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Kaolin. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Ojo Caliente Springs	Geothermal	Unknown
Taylor	Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold	Prospect
Unknown Name Kaolinite Prospect	Kaolin	Past Producer	Cristobalite, Kaolin

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
Dusty (historical)	3.9 miles	9
Dusty	4.8 miles	11
Rosedale (historical)	19.5 miles	10
Monica (historical)	27.4 miles	9
Paraje (historical)	29.1 miles	10
Craig (historical)	31.6 miles	10
Lava	31.8 miles	11
Hard Luck Crossing	33.0 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920541. 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.