BlockMirage, New Mexico
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Deming North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88030. The Survey maps it on the Deming East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1899 USGS Deming quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Deming quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Deming East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Deming quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Deming East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Mirage between 2007 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 June 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 4 April 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | KELLER |
| 27 January 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | HWY 26 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Mirage: 8 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Cuchillo District | Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten, Beryllium, Molybdenum, Iron | Producer | 1880 | |
| Valley Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1942, 1949, 1950 | |
| Valley Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1940, 1950 | |
| B and J Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Doubtful Group | Manganese | Past Producer | 1915 | |
| Doubtful Groupnos.1 and 2 | Manganese | Past Producer | 1953 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mirage in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Hail | Mirage | - | Large accumulation of up to quarter size hail on Highway 26 about 9 miles northeast of Deming. |
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 920649. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.