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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.

Gage within Luna County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

23 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined7
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
7 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLas Cruces Field Office31 MILE
27 August 2009Natural4.2 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLEWIS
20 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeQUINCY
19 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
10 July 2011Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionI-10 MM 58
3 June 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDUMP
27 June 2007Natural24 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
27 June 2007Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestPOISON SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Luna County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burke MineLead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1895, 1950
Chance MineLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, ZincPast Producer1880, 1948
Chance and Jessie MinesLead, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Excess ClaimLead, Silver, Gold, ZincPast Producer1887, 1922
Jessie MineGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Name UnknownLead, Silver, Gold, CopperOccurrenceVein
Name UnknownLead, CopperOccurrenceVein
Ogre-BogleTungsten, Lead, Zinc, BerylliumOccurrenceGalena, Helvite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Tungsten Hill ProspectLead, Zinc, Tungsten, BerylliumPast Producer1950
Victorio DistrictGold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten, ArsenicProducer1880

Every working recorded in Luna County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2020FloodGage-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.

Every storm recorded in Luna 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
Tunis9.0 miles14
Peruhill15.6 miles14
Cedar Grove (historical)15.9 miles9
Spalding16.4 miles13
Deming17.6 miles14
Mountain View17.7 miles14
Sunshine18.8 miles14
Mirage23.6 miles15

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.