Coane, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Claunch census division. The Survey maps it on the Garden Spring Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1918 USGS Oscura Peak quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Bingham quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Garden Spring Canyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Oscura Mountains quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Coane between 1993 and 2008, burning about 618 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1997 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | JULIAN |
| 23 June 2008 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Socorro Field Office | ROYAL |
| 21 June 1995 | Natural | 20 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | BORREGO |
| 28 May 1993 | Natural | 50 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | OSCURA |
| 24 April 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM 41 |
| 18 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM32 N. 380 |
| 14 March 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BINGHAM |
| 14 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PONY ACRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Coane: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Lead, Barium-Barite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanchard Mine | Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1872, 1917 | |
| Hansonburg District | Lead, Barium-Barite, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer | 1870, 1901 | |
| Hansonburg Mine | Lead, Barium-Barite, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1918, 1962 | |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Mex-Tex Mine | Barium-Barite, Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1962 | |
| Farris Pit #1 | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Lorenzo Tunnel | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Miera Prospect | Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Barite, Fluorite | |
| Miera Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bingham | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Carthage | 18.5 miles | 9 | |
| Old Carthage | 21.9 miles | 9 | |
| Tokay | 22.4 miles | 9 | |
| Kinney Wells | 22.9 miles | 10 | |
| San Pedro | 28.3 miles | 10 | |
| Claunch | 29.4 miles | 6 | |
| San Antonio | 29.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898745. 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.






