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Holy Ghost, New Mexico

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Pecos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87573. It stands on Doctor Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cowles quadrangle.

Holy Ghost within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Holy Ghost between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,270 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 5 were 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
Natural41
Recreation and ceremony39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

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 2002Natural1.0 acresSanta Fe National ForestWILLOW
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestTRACT
6 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestLINK
4 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National Forestnot named
1 September 2019Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestRIDGE
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestLINKS
4 August 1992Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National Forestnot named
3 August 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestDAVIS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Holy Ghost: 3 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Bismuth. 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
Eugene R. Long PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Jones MineCopper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, LeadOccurrence1899
Pecos MineZinc, Lead, BismuthOccurrenceReplacement
Pecos MineZinc, Silver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Willow Creek District-New MexicoZinc, Lead, Copper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Jones MineCopperUnknown

Every working recorded in San Miguel 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
Tererro1.6 miles16
Tres Lagunas2.8 miles16
Grass Mountain Summer Home Area3.4 miles17
Winsor Creek Summer Home3.9 miles17
Cowles4.0 miles17
Geronimo5.0 miles17
El Macho5.9 miles16
Upper La Posada7.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 907043. 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.