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Lon, New Mexico

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Corona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88318. The Survey maps it on the Cowboy Mesa NE quadrangle.

Lon within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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.

Photographs

3 photographs, 2018 to 2020

Taken 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.

Humble cemetery in Lincoln, an unincorporated village in southeast New Mexico that was the centerpiece of the three-year-long "Lincoln County War" that began in 1878 and involved gunfights among factions of rival store owners, cattlemen, and outlaws, including the infamous Henry McCarty, better known as "Billy the Kid"
Humble cemetery in Lincoln, an unincorporated village in southeast New Mexico that was the centerpiece of the three-year-long "Lincoln County War" that began in 1878 and involved gunfights among factions of rival store owners, cattlemen, and outlaws, including the infamous Henry McCarty, better known as "Billy the Kid"
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
This is not some long-ago pileup on the highway
This is not some long-ago pileup on the highway
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
A lone cactus, well past blooming, does not do much to soften the harsh central New Mexico landscape, near Carrizozo
A lone cactus, well past blooming, does not do much to soften the harsh central New Mexico landscape, near Carrizozo
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Lon between 2009 and 2017, burning about 2,580 acres in total. None 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/undetermined2

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
8 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresRoswell Field OfficeREYNOLDS
14 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,577 acresRoswell Field OfficeHIGH DESERT COMPLEX

Every fire recorded in Lincoln 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
Ramon13.2 miles7
Corona26.0 miles7
Gallinas28.1 miles7
Tecolote30.0 miles7
Luna33.0 miles9
Jicarilla34.5 miles10
Ancho35.8 miles9
Reventon36.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 923621. 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.