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Copper City, New Mexico

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Cuba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87013. The Survey maps it on the Cuba quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Copper City within Sandoval County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

166 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Copper City (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 205 acres in total. 106 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
Natural106
Recreation and ceremony25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresSanta Fe National Forestnot named
6 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestESTRELLA #1
6 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestESTRELLA #2
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestALAMEDA
30 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestNACIMIENTO
3 September 1997Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestLAKE
29 September 2000Natural1.0 acresAlbuquerque District OfficeHWY 44
25 September 2012Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestBLUE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandoval County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Copper City (historical): 15 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Silver. 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
Butler BrosManganesePast Producer
Eureka Mesa QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Eureka MineSilver, CopperPast Producer1885, 1956
Morningstar ProspectGold, CopperProspect1961
Unnamed ProspectCopper, GoldProspect
Nacimiento Copper MineCopper, SilverPast Producer1859, 1971
Nacimiento Mountains DistrictCopper, SilverPast Producer1850, 1880, 1974
Bluebird ClaimUranium, CopperPast Producer
ChalcociteCopper, UraniumPast Producer
CliffCopper, UraniumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sandoval 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
Señorito1.7 miles19
Cuba2.8 miles17
Deer Lake2.8 miles19
Garrison3.3 miles17
La Placita3.4 miles17
San Pablo3.9 miles19
Lagunitas4.0 miles19
San Miguel6.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 902398. 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.