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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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
Mogollon Historic Districtlisted 1987- Socorro Mines Mining Company Mill, Fannie Hilllisted 1987
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1910 USGS Mogollon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1912 USGS Mogollon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Mogollon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mogollon Mountains quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Mogollon quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
5 photographs, 1940Taken 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.
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 56 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | 80 acres | Gila National Forest | GROUSE |
| 13 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | WOPPER |
| 11 September 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Gila National Forest | TOWNSITE |
| 7 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | not named |
| 29 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | SILVER |
| 2 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | not named |
| 2 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | not named |
| 15 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 98 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baby Mine | Uranium, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1956 | |
| Bearup Mine | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | 1969 | |
| Cooney Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1875, 1885, 1911 | |
| Cooney Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Little Fanney Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Producer | 1895, 1934 | |
| Mogollon District | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron | Producer | 1875, 1879 | |
| N Slope Whitewater Canyon Prospect | Manganese, Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Pacific Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| The Lime Kiln | Calcium | Unknown | ||
| Trilby Mine | Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Argentite, Gold |
Storms near this place
7 since 2012Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Mogollon | 1 killed, $1,500,000 | Portions 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 2012 | Flash Flood | Mogollon | $10,000 | Eight feet flow of water within Silver Creek washed debris over Highway 159 and surrounding bridges and yards. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Mogollon | - | The Hummingbird Saddle rain gage reported 3.93 inches of rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Newton. No flooding was observed. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Mogollon | - | 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Mogollon | - | Bursum Road closed from near Mogollon east about 10 miles due to debris and flooding over the roadway. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Mogollon | - | 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 2015 | Hail | Mogollon | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Cooney | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Alma | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Glenwood | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Wilcox Peak | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Pleasanton | 9.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lower San Francisco Plaza | 18.4 miles | 14 | |
| Rancho Grande Estates | 20.3 miles | 14 |
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.








