Hanover, New Mexico
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Mimbres census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88041. It lies near Buckhorn Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Santa Rita Mine quadrangle. 144 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,368 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHanover fell from 167 to 144 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 167 | |
| 2020 | 144 | -23 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1909 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Santa Rita quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Santa Rita quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Santa Rita quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Santa Rita Mine quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Santa Rita Mine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Hanover between 1992 and 2020, burning about 626 acres in total. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila National Forest | not named |
| 26 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | SHINGLE |
| 21 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | BAYARD |
| 20 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HANOVER |
| 16 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | FORT |
| 14 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | not named |
| 9 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | RABBIT |
| 7 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Socorro District | MOWER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 146 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 146 workings within 5 miles of Hanover: 117 past producers, 16 prospects, 8 producers, 3 plants. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Zinc, Copper, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullfrog Mill | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Bullfrog Mine | Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1905, 1961 | |
| Bullfrog Mine | Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Chino | Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold | Plant | 1801, 1912 | |
| Chino Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, PGE, Lead | Producer | 1800, 1804 | |
| Clinoptilolite Occurrence | Zeolites | Occurrence | Clinoptilolite | |
| Combination-Hobo Mines | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1952 | |
| Commercial Mine | Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1875, 1942 | |
| Commercial Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Continental Breccia Pipe | Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum | Prospect | Hydrothermal Breccia-Filling |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wimsattville | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Turnerville | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Union Hill | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Santa Rita (historical) | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Ivanhoe (historical) | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Fierro | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Cobre | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Hanover Junction | 2.7 miles | 17 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Hanover | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5891841 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 906824. 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.









