Coyote, New Mexico
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Carrizozo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88301. The Survey maps it on the Lone Mountain quadrangle. It stands 5,810 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1950 USGS Little Black Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Carrizozo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Lone Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Lone Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Coyote between 1994 and 2020, burning about 5,692 acres in total. 4 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 | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HWY 54-MM134 |
| 6 July 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Capitan District | BARHEAD |
| 6 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Capitan District | 21-50050034X |
| 26 July 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | INDIAN |
| 2 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM136 |
| 18 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | COYOTE |
| 15 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SHAFER |
| 22 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | NORTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Coyote: 8 occurrences, 6 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Silver, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Nest No 1&2 White Oaks Dist | Thorium, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| House Mines Prince | Iron, Uranium | Occurrence | Gypsum, Magnetite | |
| Julia Ann Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Little Mack Mine | Gold, Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1885, 1940 | |
| Materials Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Asbestos | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Black Knight | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Carolyn O | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Cindy | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Clarita | Iron | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robsart | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Largo | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| White Oaks | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Manchester (historical) | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Cooper | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Jicarilla | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Ancho | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Reventon | 9.8 miles | 10 |
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 Coyote | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14705969 | The 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 905466. 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.






