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Fort Bayard, New Mexico

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Santa Clara census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88041. It lies near Snake Hill. The Survey maps it on the Fort Bayard quadrangle. It stands 6,119 feet above sea level.

Fort Bayard within Grant County

On record in Fort Bayard

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Fort Bayard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 760 acres in total. 15 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/undetermined72
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking8
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila National Forestnot named
5 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCACTUS
3 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCHERRY
21 August 2003Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestBAYARD
16 August 2012Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestFORT
14 August 1993Naturalunder an acreGila National Forestnot named
7 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionKOA
6 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila National ForestSIREN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 94 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 94 workings within 5 miles of Fort Bayard: 80 past producers, 6 producers, 6 prospects, 1 occurrence. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Gold. 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
Bullfrog MillZinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Bullfrog MineLead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold, MolybdenumPast Producer1905, 1961
Bullfrog MineZinc, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
ChinoCopper, Silver, Molybdenum, GoldPlant1801, 1912
Chino MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, PGE, LeadProducer1800, 1804
Clinoptilolite OccurrenceZeolitesOccurrenceClinoptilolite
Combination-Hobo MinesZinc, Lead, Copper, SilverPast Producer1952
Continental Breccia PipeZinc, Copper, MolybdenumProspectHydrothermal Breccia-Filling
Copper Flat MineZinc, Gold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer1900, 1947
Dzurek MineLead, Copper, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grant 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
Santa Clara1.2 miles13
Central1.4 miles13
Arenas Valley1.8 miles13
Vanadium2.1 miles17
Hanover Junction2.2 miles17
Cobre2.3 miles17
Bayard2.6 miles13
Ivanhoe (historical)2.9 miles17

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.

Wikipedia article on Fort BayardAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20714670The 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 906335. 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.