Gold Hill, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Hurley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88061. It lies near Z X Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Gold Hill quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Gold Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lordsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Gold Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Gold Hill (historical) between 1997 and 2018, burning about 92 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | CANYON |
| 4 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | GROUSE |
| 11 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | IRON |
| 7 June 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SLAG |
| 3 June 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WALKER |
| 11 June 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Gila National Forest | FOURTEEN |
| 6 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM12-90 |
| 29 May 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | TRANSFORME |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 52 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Gold Hill (historical): 23 occurrences, 14 past producers, 8 prospects, 6 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Silver, Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluebird Mine | Gold, Lead, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1900 | |
| Burro Mountains | Gemstone, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Co-Op Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | 1930 | |
| Gold Hill Area | Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE | Occurrence | Euxenite | |
| Muscovy Mine | Zinc, Lead, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Name Unknown | Gold, Lead | Occurrence | Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Nancy Lee Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1895, 1935 | |
| Never Fail Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver | Unknown | ||
| North and South Pegmatite Deposits | REE, Thorium, Uranium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium) | Occurrence | Euxenite | |
| North and South Pegmatite Deposits | REE, Mica | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malone (historical) | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| White Signal | 12.0 miles | 14 | |
| The Pines | 16.3 miles | 15 | |
| Oak Grove | 16.7 miles | 13 | |
| Separ | 17.3 miles | 9 | |
| Black Hawk (historical) | 18.5 miles | 12 | |
| Alhambra (historical) | 19.7 miles | 12 | |
| Redrock | 20.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 919971. 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.





