BlockFlorida, New Mexico
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Deming North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88030. It lies near Cookes Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Florida quadrangle.
On record in Florida
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Fort Cummings, 1/2 mile north of Cooke's Springs, Floridafederal building survey, 1 photograph
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1899 USGS Deming quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Deming quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Florida quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Deming quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Florida between 1993 and 2010, burning about 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 June 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 13 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LOST |
| 22 May 1993 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | CHANDLER |
| 27 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Socorro District | TINA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Florida: 4 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten, Beryllium, Molybdenum, Iron. 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 Pit 72-15-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sierra Cuchillo District | Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten, Beryllium, Molybdenum, Iron | Producer | 1880 | |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 58-52-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920595. 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.