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Gila Hot Springs, New Mexico

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Pinos Altos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88049. It lies near Bull Spring Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Gila Hot Springs quadrangle.

Gila Hot Springs within Grant County

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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Gila Hot Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24,640 acres in total. 54 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
Natural54
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2007Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestMILITARY
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestCENTER FIRE
19 September 2018Natural1.0 acresGila National ForestALUM
9 August 2000Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestMILITARY
7 August 1998Natural100 acresGila National ForestBULL
30 August 2011Natural5.0 acresGila National ForestALUM
23 August 2007Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestSA FIRE
22 August 2009Natural15 acresGila National ForestALUM

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Gila Hot Springs: 5 unknowns, 4 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Geothermal, Aluminum, Potassium, Kaolin, Gemstone. 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
Alum Mountain DepositAluminum, Potassium, KaolinOccurrence1892
Jeffers Agate FieldGemstoneProducerAgate, Chalcedony, Jasper
Materials Pit 62-24-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Alum Mountain-Alum CanyonAluminumOccurrence
Alunogen Tunnel #1AluminumProspect
Alunogen Tunnel #2AluminumProspect
Alunogen Tunnel #3AluminumProspect
Alunogen Tunnel #4AluminumProspect
Geothermal Test WellGeothermalUnknown
Gila HotGeothermalUnknown

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
Masons Mill (historical)17.7 miles14
Redstone17.7 miles14
Pinos Altos23.0 miles13
Little Walnut Village25.1 miles14
Fierro25.1 miles17
Gila25.2 miles10
Union Hill25.8 miles17
Mimbres26.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 906540. 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.