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Crowther Cow Camp, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tierra Amarilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87515. The Survey maps it on the East Gavilan Canyon quadrangle.

Crowther Cow Camp within Rio Arriba 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

12 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Crowther Cow Camp between 1993 and 2016, burning about 8 acres in total. 7 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
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
22 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBRAZOS
15 September 2016Naturalunder an acreChama DistrictGABILONE
15 September 2016Natural1.0 acresCarson National ForestGAVILAN
11 September 2001Natural4.5 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSPRUCEHOLE
8 August 2016Naturalunder an acreChama DistrictPEYTON
5 August 2001Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionTREETOP
4 July 2003Smokingunder an acreCarson National ForestHOPEWELL
26 July 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionTORREZ

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Crowther Cow Camp: 8 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Silver, Bentonite. 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
ArrastreCopper, UraniumPast Producer
Iron Mountain MineIron, GoldOccurrence
Materials Pit No. 65-58-SStoneProspect
Tierra Amarilla Grant Bentonite DepBentoniteUnknown
Dixie QueenGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
DuckGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Hidden TreasureGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
HeadstoneGold, SilverPast Producer
HopewellGold, SilverPast Producer
Jawbone-Iron Mtn Iron FormationGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rio Arriba 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
Ensenada10.1 miles12
Tierra Amarilla11.1 miles12
Brazos11.8 miles14
Los Ojos12.1 miles12
Las Nutrias13.4 miles11
La Puente13.8 miles12
San Antonio (historical)14.0 miles12
Rutheron14.3 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122542682The 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 912620. 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.