Hanover Junction, New Mexico
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Bayard-Santa Rita census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88023. It lies near San Jose Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Santa Rita Mine quadrangle.
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
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Hanover Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 752 acres in total. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
| 3 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CHERRY |
| 21 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | BAYARD |
| 16 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | FORT |
| 7 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Socorro District | MOWER |
| 7 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | KOA |
| 6 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila National Forest | SIREN |
| 6 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TRAILER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 100 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 100 workings within 5 miles of Hanover Junction: 85 past producers, 7 prospects, 5 producers, 2 plants. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Copper. 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 Concentrator | Molybdenum, Copper, Silver, Gold | Plant | ||
| 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 | |
| Copper Flat Mine | Zinc, Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | 1900, 1947 | |
| Copper Queen Mine | Zinc, Copper | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanadium | 0.1 miles | 17 | |
| Cobre | 0.2 miles | 17 | |
| Ivanhoe (historical) | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Bayard | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Santa Clara | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Central | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Fort Bayard | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Turnerville | 2.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 906826. 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.









