Gage, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It lies in ZIP code area 88030. The Survey maps it on the Gage quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Gage quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lordsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Gage between 1993 and 2019, burning about 2,011 acres in total. 7 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 | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | 31 MILE |
| 27 August 2009 | Natural | 4.2 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LEWIS |
| 20 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | QUINCY |
| 19 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 10 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | I-10 MM 58 |
| 3 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DUMP |
| 27 June 2007 | Natural | 24 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 27 June 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | POISON SPRINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Gage: 21 past producers, 6 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burke Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | 1895, 1950 | |
| Chance Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | 1880, 1948 | |
| Chance and Jessie Mines | Lead, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Excess Claim | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | 1887, 1922 | |
| Jessie Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Name Unknown | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Name Unknown | Lead, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Ogre-Bogle | Tungsten, Lead, Zinc, Beryllium | Occurrence | Galena, Helvite, Scheelite, Sphalerite | |
| Tungsten Hill Prospect | Lead, Zinc, Tungsten, Beryllium | Past Producer | 1950 | |
| Victorio District | Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten, Arsenic | Producer | 1880 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gage in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | Flood | Gage | - | Flooding resulted from earlier rainfall north of Interstate 10. I-10 was down to one lane due to water on the road near mile marker 68. Flooding also occurred along New Mexico 418 and some nearby backroads with some homes affected. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunis | 9.0 miles | 14 | |
| Peruhill | 15.6 miles | 14 | |
| Cedar Grove (historical) | 15.9 miles | 9 | |
| Spalding | 16.4 miles | 13 | |
| Deming | 17.6 miles | 14 | |
| Mountain View | 17.7 miles | 14 | |
| Sunshine | 18.8 miles | 14 | |
| Mirage | 23.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899641. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




