Deer Lake, New Mexico
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Cuba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87013. It lies near Blue Bird Mesa. The Survey maps it on the Rancho del Chaparral quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1890 USGS Jemes quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Jemes quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Jemez quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS La Ventana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS La Ventana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1970 USGS Rancho Del Chaparral quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Los Alamos quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 2002 USGS Rancho Del Chaparral quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
180 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Deer Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,138 acres in total. 118 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 118 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
| 8 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | HORSE CANYON |
| 6 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | ESTRELLA #1 |
| 6 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | ESTRELLA #2 |
| 5 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | ALAMEDA |
| 30 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | NACIMIENTO |
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | LAKE |
| 27 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | RED TOP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Deer Lake: 9 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Uranium, Silver, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka Mesa Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Eureka Mine | Silver, Copper | Past Producer | 1885, 1956 | |
| Morningstar Prospect | Gold, Copper | Prospect | 1961 | |
| Rocky Mountain Mine | Pumice | Producer | Pumice | |
| Sand Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Nacimiento Copper Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1859, 1971 | |
| Nacimiento Mountains District | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1850, 1880, 1974 | |
| Bluebird Claim | Uranium, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Chalcocite | Copper, Uranium | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper City (historical) | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Señorito | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| San Pablo | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Garrison | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Cuba | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| La Placita | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| San Miguel | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Lagunitas | 6.8 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 905696. 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.











