BlockLake Valley, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Truth or Consequences West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88042. It lies near Monument Peak. The Survey maps it on the Lake Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Lake Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Hatch quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Lake Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Lake Valley quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
3 photographs, 2021Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Lake Valley between 1994 and 2014, burning about 135 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | NUTT MT. |
| 1 July 2001 | Natural | 65 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | LAKE VALLE |
| 6 June 2011 | Natural | 5.4 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | PACKER ROAD |
| 10 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | LAKE VALLEY |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Lake Valley: 7 past producers, 6 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Perlite, Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Valley | Silver, Manganese, Gold, Zinc, Vanadium, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1878 | |
| Norinco | Silver, Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | Galena | |
| Sierra Apache | Silver, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Sierra Bella | Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Victory | Calcium | Prospect | ||
| Lake Valley Mines Co | Silver, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Sierra Grande | Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Booth | Perlite | Occurrence |
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 890891. 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.