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Geronimo, New Mexico

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Pecos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87573. It lies near Grass Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cowles quadrangle.

Geronimo within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

64 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Geronimo between 1995 and 2020, burning about 5,824 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 2 were 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
Recreation and ceremony34
Natural20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2

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 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestTRACT
6 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestLINK
26 September 2001Natural1.0 acresSanta Fe National ForestWET
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestLINKS
2 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestTHREE
2 August 2014Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestWILLOW
18 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestGHOST
13 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National Forest254

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Geronimo: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Bismuth, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold, 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
Pecos MineZinc, Lead, BismuthOccurrenceReplacement
Pecos MineZinc, Silver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Willow Creek District-New MexicoZinc, Lead, Copper, Gold, SilverOccurrence

Every working recorded in San Miguel 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
Cowles1.1 miles17
Winsor Creek Summer Home1.6 miles17
Grass Mountain Summer Home Area1.7 miles17
Holy Ghost5.0 miles17
Tererro5.8 miles16
Tres Lagunas7.2 miles16
El Macho10.5 miles16
Upper Rociada11.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 913691. 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.