Mount Dora, New Mexico

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Clayton North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88424. The Survey maps it on the Mount Dora quadrangle.

Mount Dora within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1954 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Mount Dora quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Capulin Mountain quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Mount Dora between 2006 and 2019, burning about 782 acres in total. 2 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
Natural	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Smoking	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
26 July 2019	Natural	780 acres	Cimarron District	20-20280114X
16 July 2019	Natural	1.0 acres	Cimarron District	20-20150078X
21 May 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	CLAYTON HWY
12 May 2006	Smoking	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Mount Dora: 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Anglin Trust Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Cinder Mountain Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Jones Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Pit #64 35 S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Union 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Grenville	8.4 miles	8
Royce	9.6 miles	9
Tate (historical)	15.6 miles	7
Pennington	16.6 miles	7
Clayton	16.8 miles	8
Corrumpa (historical)	18.2 miles	8
Grande	18.4 miles	8
Sofia	18.6 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899609. 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.