BlockJicarilla, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Corona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88301. It lies near Little Pine Canyon. The Survey maps it on the White Oaks North quadrangle.
On record in Jicarilla
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Jicarilla Schoolhouselisted 1983
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.
- 1955 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS White Oaks North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Carrizozo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS White Oaks North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Jicarilla between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 10 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | LONE PINE |
| 30 July 2011 | Natural | 4.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CARVAHAL |
| 13 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | JICARILLA |
| 23 June 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | REVENTON |
| 22 June 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Lincoln National Forest | MESA BARN |
| 20 June 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | WARNER |
| 20 June 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | HUBBARD |
| 18 June 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WADE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Jicarilla: 17 past producers, 10 occurrences, 8 prospects, 7 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancho Fire Clay Deposit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | 1902, 1922 | |
| Black Gold Mine | Gold, Iron | Occurrence | Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite | |
| Jicarilla Gold Placers | Gold, Silver, Platinum | Past Producer | 1850, 1942 | |
| Spring Gold Stain Mine | Gold, Arsenic | Occurrence | Gold, Pyrite | |
| Alpha Mill | Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Alpha Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Box Lode Claims Nos 1-22 | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Fox Lode Prospect | Barium-Barite, Copper | Occurrence | Barite | |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Sierra Blanca Mill & Processing Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 907360. 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.