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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.

Gold Hill within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

10 since 1997

Regional 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
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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 2018Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestCANYON
4 August 2004Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestGROUSE
11 July 2004Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestIRON
7 June 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSLAG
3 June 2000Natural2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionWALKER
11 June 2009Smokingunder an acreGila National ForestFOURTEEN
6 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMM12-90
29 May 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeTRANSFORME

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bluebird MineGold, Lead, TungstenPast Producer1900
Burro MountainsGemstone, CopperOccurrenceVein
Co-Op MineLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, ZincPast Producer1930
Gold Hill AreaNiobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REEOccurrenceEuxenite
Muscovy MineZinc, Lead, MolybdenumPast Producer
Name UnknownGold, LeadOccurrenceGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Nancy Lee MineGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer1895, 1935
Never Fail MineGold, Lead, SilverUnknown
North and South Pegmatite DepositsREE, Thorium, Uranium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)OccurrenceEuxenite
North and South Pegmatite DepositsREE, MicaProspect

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
Malone (historical)7.4 miles12
White Signal12.0 miles14
The Pines16.3 miles15
Oak Grove16.7 miles13
Separ17.3 miles9
Black Hawk (historical)18.5 miles12
Alhambra (historical)19.7 miles12
Redrock20.4 miles12

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.