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Cooney, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Reserve census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88039. It lies near Sheridan Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Mogollon quadrangle.

Cooney within Catron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Cooney between 1992 and 2019, burning about 174 acres in total. 41 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
Natural41
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 September 1995Natural1.0 acresGila National ForestTOWNSITE
7 August 1994Naturalunder an acreGila National Forestnot named
29 August 2007Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestSILVER
2 August 1993Naturalunder an acreGila National Forestnot named
13 August 1998Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestHOGAN
8 July 1996Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestBM
6 July 2001Natural3.0 acresGila National ForestCOPPER
4 July 2006Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestSILVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Catron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 92 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 92 workings within 5 miles of Cooney: 43 unknowns, 20 past producers, 13 occurrences, 8 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Silver, Copper, Gold. 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
Baby MineUranium, Vanadium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1956
Bearup MineGold, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1969
Cooney MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer1875, 1885, 1911
Cooney MineSilver, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Kordic ClaimManganeseProspect
Little Fanney MineGold, Silver, Copper, LeadProducer1895, 1934
Mogollon DistrictGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, IronProducer1875, 1879
Pacific MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
The Lime KilnCalciumUnknown
Trilby MineGold, Silver, Fluorine-FluoritePast ProducerArgentite, Gold

Every working recorded in Catron 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
Claremont1.7 miles14
Mogollon1.9 miles14
Alma5.9 miles14
Glenwood8.3 miles14
Wilcox Peak9.8 miles14
Pleasanton10.9 miles14
Lower San Francisco Plaza16.6 miles14
Rancho Grande Estates18.4 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on CooneyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5167678The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 905303. 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.