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Modoc, New Mexico

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Las Cruces census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88011. It lies near Fillmore Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Organ Peak quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Modoc within Doña Ana County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Modoc (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 8,113 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 5 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
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony7
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeSUNDAY
3 August 1998Natural5.0 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeS.RABBIT
25 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeHARVE
15 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeDRIPPING S
10 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeSPOT
10 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeSOTOL
10 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeANVIL
6 July 2013Natural3.0 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeFILLMORE SOUTH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Doña Ana County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Modoc (historical): 10 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Iron, Titanium. 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
Mica ProspectMicaProspect
ModocLead, SilverPast Producer
Modoc MineLead, SilverPast Producer1855, 1880, 1917
Orejon MineLead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, GoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Specularite, Sphalerite
Organ DistrictLead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, GoldPast Producer1847
Ruby MineFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BaritePast Producer1926, 1933
Silver Cliff ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BariteOccurrenceBarite, Fluorite
Stephenson-Bennett MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Copper, GoldPast Producer1847, 1934
Stevenson - BennettSilver, Lead, ZincProspect
Texas Canyon GroupSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer

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
Boyd1.5 miles18
Organ5.7 miles19
White Sands5.9 miles11
Spaceport City6.6 miles17
University Park10.1 miles15
Tortugas10.5 miles15
Las Cruces10.8 miles15
Mesilla Park11.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920010. 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.