Cowan, New Mexico

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1971. It stands in the House-Forrest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88124. The Survey maps it on the Forrest quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cowan within Quay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 7 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.

1954 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Forrest quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

5 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Cowan (historical) between 1994 and 2014, burning about 7,303 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Debris and open burning	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
28 July 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	60 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	RUSH
11 June 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	200 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	COX
11 May 2014	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	TRUMAN
18 March 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	40 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	SUMRALLS
5 January 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7,000 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	WOODS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Quay County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Cowan (historical): 7 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Vanadium. 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
Good Luck Group	Uranium, Vanadium	Past Producer	1955, 1957
Good Luck Mine	Uranium	Unknown
Lucky Find 15 Prospect	Uranium	Occurrence
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Quay 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
Plain (historical)	1.8 miles	7
Forrest	2.7 miles	7
Puerto (historical)	7.7 miles	6
Kirk (historical)	8.2 miles	7
Ragland	9.9 miles	7
Wheatland	12.6 miles	6
Norton	13.0 miles	6
Quay	13.7 miles	6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920542. 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.