Coalora, New Mexico

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Capitan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88316. It stands on North Fork Salado Creek. The Survey maps it on the Capitan quadrangle.

Coalora within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

1934 USGS Capitan quadrangle1:48000
1934 USGS Capitan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1937 USGS Capitan quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1955 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Capitan quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Carrizozo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
2004 USGS Capitan quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

92 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Coalora between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,237 acres in total. 18 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	35
Natural	18
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Debris and open burning	8
Arson/incendiarism	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
20 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	STOKES
15 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	GUNRANGE
21 August 2011	Natural	1.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	GAP
21 August 2011	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	9073
19 August 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Lincoln National Forest	LAMAY
17 August 2014	Natural	under an acre	Lincoln National Forest	TUSCON
11 August 2011	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	BREWER
1 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	BREWER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Coalora: 4 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Capitan Iron Deposits	Iron	Occurrence	1902
Capitan Mine	Iron	Prospect
Smokey Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Lietzman Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Capitan	2.0 miles	15
Nogal	5.9 miles	15
Vera Cruz (historical)	6.1 miles	15
Fort Stanton	6.3 miles	9
Double Crossing	8.8 miles	14
Angus	9.2 miles	11
Bonito	10.0 miles	11
Encinoso	10.1 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 905225. 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.