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Mogollon, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Reserve census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88039. It lies near Coffee Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Mogollon quadrangle.

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Mogollon within Catron County

On record in Mogollon

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

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.

Photographs

5 photographs, 1940

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.

Pushing a car load of gold ore along track in mine. Mogollon, New Mexico
Pushing a car load of gold ore along track in mine. Mogollon, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Precipitation tanks at gold mine where gold is precipitated out of cyanide solution. Mogollon, New Mexico
Precipitation tanks at gold mine where gold is precipitated out of cyanide solution. Mogollon, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Backyard of house with steps leading up the hill to privy. Mogollon, New Mexico
Backyard of house with steps leading up the hill to privy. Mogollon, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Mill at gold mine. Mogollon, New Mexico
Mill at gold mine. Mogollon, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Detail of main street of Mogollon, New Mexico
Detail of main street of Mogollon, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Mogollon between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,068 acres in total. 56 started naturally. 1 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
Natural56
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
3 September 1997Natural80 acresGila National ForestGROUSE
13 September 1995Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestWOPPER
11 September 1995Natural1.0 acresGila National ForestTOWNSITE
7 August 1994Naturalunder an acreGila National Forestnot named
29 August 2007Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestSILVER
2 August 1993Naturalunder an acreGila National Forestnot named
2 August 1993Naturalunder an acreGila National Forestnot named
15 August 1994Naturalunder an acreGila National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Catron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 98 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 98 workings within 5 miles of Mogollon: 43 unknowns, 20 past producers, 17 occurrences, 9 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Silver, Copper, Gold. 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
Baby MineUranium, Vanadium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1956
Bearup MineGold, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1969
Cooney MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer1875, 1885, 1911
Cooney MineSilver, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Little Fanney MineGold, Silver, Copper, LeadProducer1895, 1934
Mogollon DistrictGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, IronProducer1875, 1879
N Slope Whitewater Canyon ProspectManganese, TungstenOccurrence
Pacific MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
The Lime KilnCalciumUnknown
Trilby MineGold, Silver, Fluorine-FluoritePast ProducerArgentite, Gold

Every working recorded in Catron County

Storms near this place

7 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mogollon in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2016: 4 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2013Flash FloodMogollon1 killed, $1,500,000Portions of Bursum Road to the community of Mogollon was completely destroyed by flash flooding. All homes and business along the creek in Mogollon were flooded and damaged, many severely. Several vehicles were carried away, destroyed, and left in the bottom of the creek bed. The USFS delivered MREs, water, and sanitary supplies to Mogollon by foot and with 2 mules. An 83-year old Arizona man was found dead 8 miles downstream from where his vehicle was located and destroyed in Mineral Creek.
August 2012Flash FloodMogollon$10,000Eight feet flow of water within Silver Creek washed debris over Highway 159 and surrounding bridges and yards.
September 2016Heavy RainMogollon-The Hummingbird Saddle rain gage reported 3.93 inches of rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Newton. No flooding was observed.
July 2013FloodMogollon-Morning rainfall that ranged from 1 to nearly 3 in some areas around the burn scar caused heavy flows in creeks in the area which in turn deposited debris on roads. Roads were closed until the Department of Transportation could clear them.
September 2013Flash FloodMogollon-Bursum Road closed from near Mogollon east about 10 miles due to debris and flooding over the roadway.
July 2013Flash FloodMogollon-Bursum Rd - NM 159 was closed due to flooding and burn scar debris from mile marker 2-25. Per reports, Silver Creek flooded Mogollon and blew out Bursum Rd. in several locations near Mogollon. Whitewater Creek also flooded and brought down a significant amount of ash. The Catwalk was closed due to flooding as well. Rainfall amounts ranging from 0.50 to 1.40 inches were recorded from RAWS and HADS sites in the area.
October 2015HailMogollon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Catron 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
Claremont1.3 miles14
Cooney1.9 miles14
Alma5.9 miles14
Glenwood7.3 miles14
Wilcox Peak8.1 miles14
Pleasanton9.5 miles14
Lower San Francisco Plaza18.4 miles14
Rancho Grande Estates20.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 908819. 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.