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Little Walnut Village, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Silver City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88061. It lies near Gomez Peak. The Survey maps it on the Silver City quadrangle.

Little Walnut Village within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

156 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Little Walnut Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 177 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 14 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
Recreation and ceremony50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Natural31
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
30 September 2016Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestMILL
24 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGila National Forestnot named
23 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGila National Forestnot named
20 September 1992Naturalunder an acreGila National Forestnot named
2 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila National ForestBEAR CREEK 3
17 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila National ForestBEN LILLY 2
14 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila National ForestBEN LILLY
13 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGila National ForestFUZZY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 72 workings within 5 miles of Little Walnut Village: 59 past producers, 7 prospects, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Silver, Copper, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alaska MineGold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Arizona MineZinc, Copper, Lead, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Ash Spring Canyon ProspectFluorine-FluoritePast ProducerVein
Atlantic MineZinc, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Atlas No. 2Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Baltic MineSilver, Lead, Manganese, Copper, GoldPast Producer1872, 1875, 1939
Calumet MineZinc, Silver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast Producer1891, 1952
Chloride Flat MinesSilver, Manganese, Iron, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer1872, 1875, 1944
Cleveland MineZinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1895, 1949
Cleveland MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grant 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
Pinos Altos3.4 miles13
Silver City4.5 miles14
Arenas Valley5.6 miles13
Fort Bayard7.1 miles13
Silver Acres7.3 miles13
Central7.5 miles13
Santa Clara7.6 miles13
Redstone8.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898877. 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.