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Masons Mill, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Pinos Altos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88053. It lies near Scott Peak. The Survey maps it on the Twin Sisters quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Masons Mill within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

297 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Masons Mill (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 37,371 acres in total. 213 started naturally. 6 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
Natural213
Recreation and ceremony47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning2

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 1993Naturalunder an acreGila National Forestnot named
30 September 2016Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestMILL
25 September 2004Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestBOSQUE
24 September 1993Natural2.0 acresGila National Forestnot named
23 September 1994Natural2,000 acresGila National ForestGLASS
21 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila National ForestCHERRY
2 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila National ForestBEAR CREEK 3
19 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila National ForestLILLY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Masons Mill (historical): 7 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Bismuth, Arsenic, Silver, Gold, Copper. 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
Deep Down MineSilver, Gold, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Gila MinesGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1860, 1955
Golden Rule MineGoldPast Producer
Hazard MineCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1941
Hazard MineGold, Copper, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Mammoth MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast ProducerVein
Pinos AltosCopper, Zinc, Gold, SilverPast Producer1988
Pinos Altos MineCopper, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Bismuth, ArsenicProspect1948

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
Redstone0.4 miles14
Pinos Altos5.6 miles13
Little Walnut Village8.5 miles14
Fierro8.9 miles17
Union Hill9.4 miles17
Arenas Valley10.1 miles13
Fort Bayard10.2 miles13
Hanover10.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 908455. 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.