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Garrison, New Mexico

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Cuba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87013. The Survey maps it on the Cuba quadrangle.

Garrison within Sandoval County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

175 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Garrison between 1992 and 2020, burning about 196 acres in total. 112 started naturally. 1 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
Natural112
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Recreation and ceremony18
Debris and open burning10
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestALAMEDA
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLA JARA-2
30 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestNACIMIENTO
28 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestJUNCTION
24 September 2004Debris and open burning2.5 acresSanta Fe National ForestHERRERA
20 September 2009Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCOUNTY ROAD 13
2 September 2018Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestEUREKA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandoval County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Garrison: 14 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Silver. 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
Butler BrosManganesePast Producer
Eureka Mesa QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Morningstar ProspectGold, CopperProspect1961
Unnamed ProspectCopper, GoldProspect
Nacimiento Copper MineCopper, SilverPast Producer1859, 1971
Nacimiento Mountains DistrictCopper, SilverPast Producer1850, 1880, 1974
Bluebird ClaimUranium, CopperPast Producer
ChalcociteCopper, UraniumPast Producer
CliffCopper, UraniumPast Producer
Copper CityCopper, 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
La Placita1.7 miles17
Cuba2.3 miles17
Copper City (historical)3.3 miles17
La Jara3.6 miles17
Lagunitas4.9 miles19
Señorito4.9 miles19
Upper La Jara5.0 miles17
Deer Lake5.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 936785. 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.