BlockDeer, New Mexico
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the South Hidalgo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88040. It stands on Lower Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Luis Pass quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1917 USGS Antelope Wells quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS Antelope Wells quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS San Luis Pass quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Alamo Hueco Mountains quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Deer between 1994 and 2018, burning about 67,693 acres in total. 2 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 | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,600 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ROUGH |
| 12 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WHITEWATER |
| 27 June 2002 | Natural | 31,000 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | WALNUT |
| 25 June 2017 | Natural | 1,377 acres | Socorro District | WHITEWATER |
| 12 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,880 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LYNCH |
| 22 May 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WHITE WATER |
| 16 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20,586 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | SAN LUIS |
| 12 May 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | LOS LAMENT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Deer: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boles Uranium Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Rusty Ruthlee | Manganese | Past Producer | 1954 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Lonesome Wells | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Deer Creek Wells | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Antelope Wells | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Alamo Hueco | 11.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cloverdale | 16.0 miles | 14 | |
| Pierce | 16.2 miles | 13 | |
| McFarlands | 17.3 miles | 13 | |
| Double Adobes | 19.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899602. 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.