Craig, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Socorro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87832. It lies near Milligan Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Fort Craig quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Craig within Socorro County

On record in Craig

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Fort Craiglisted 1970 · 0.5 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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 Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Fort Craig quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1979 USGS San Mateo Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

14 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Craig (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 10,749 acres in total. 5 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	7
Natural	5
Recreation and ceremony	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
6 July 2014	Natural	under an acre	Socorro Field Office	JORNADA
5 July 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	FREEWAY
26 July 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	685 acres	Socorro Field Office	FORT CRAIG
7 June 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	I-25 MM 118
7 June 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	MM117-25
6 June 2020	Natural	325 acres	Socorro Field Office	FORT CRAIG
3 June 2003	Natural	15 acres	Socorro Field Office	BLK MESA
26 June 2017	Natural	8,365 acres	Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge	TIFFANY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Socorro County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Craig (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Materials Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Socorro 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
San Marcial	4.7 miles	10
Paraje (historical)	5.9 miles	10
Hard Luck Crossing	6.3 miles	10
Val Verde	6.4 miles	10
Tiffany	7.1 miles	10
Lava	10.8 miles	11
San Antonito	19.2 miles	10
San Antonio	21.0 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920917. 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.