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Coolidge, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Red Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87312. It lies near Foster Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Continental Divide quadrangle.

Coolidge within McKinley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

8 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Coolidge between 1993 and 2019, burning about 10 acres in total. 7 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
Natural7
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
11 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCibola National Forestnot named
1 August 2001Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestFOSTER
8 July 2002Natural8.0 acresCibola National ForestFOSTER
19 July 2011Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestPINON
18 July 1997Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestFOSTER
15 July 2019Naturalunder an acreBernalillo District20-60170073X
15 June 1999Natural1.0 acresNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementBIACONTDIV
12 May 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestRADAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McKinley 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 Coolidge: 10 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium. 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
Foster Canyon GroupManganese, IronOccurrence
Last Chance Z Uran DepositUraniumUnknown
Red Cap GroupUraniumOccurrence
State Hwy Pit No. 56-70-SStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
State Hwy Pit No. 57-96-SStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Coolidge PitStoneUnknown
Rock PitStoneUnknown
Top of WorldStoneUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in McKinley 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
South Guam2.1 miles17
Gonzales2.6 miles16
North Guam2.9 miles16
Continental Divide3.0 miles16
Ciniza4.3 miles17
Jamestown4.5 miles17
Iyanbito8.0 miles14
Thoreau8.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 923585. 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.