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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.

Deer Lake within Sandoval County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

180 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural118
Recreation and ceremony39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Smoking3
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresSanta Fe National Forestnot named
8 September 2009Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestHORSE CANYON
6 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestESTRELLA #1
6 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestESTRELLA #2
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestALAMEDA
30 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestNACIMIENTO
3 September 1997Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestLAKE
27 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestRED TOP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandoval County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Eureka Mesa QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Eureka MineSilver, CopperPast Producer1885, 1956
Morningstar ProspectGold, CopperProspect1961
Rocky Mountain MinePumiceProducerPumice
Sand PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectCopper, GoldProspect
Nacimiento Copper MineCopper, SilverPast Producer1859, 1971
Nacimiento Mountains DistrictCopper, SilverPast Producer1850, 1880, 1974
Bluebird ClaimUranium, CopperPast Producer
ChalcociteCopper, UraniumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sandoval 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
Copper City (historical)2.8 miles17
Señorito3.2 miles19
San Pablo4.5 miles19
Garrison5.2 miles17
Cuba5.6 miles17
La Placita5.9 miles17
San Miguel6.4 miles19
Lagunitas6.8 miles19

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.