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Newton, New Mexico

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Hurley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88061. It lies near Lone Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Hurley West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Newton within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Newton (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 4,510 acres in total. 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined73
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning7
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 August 2011Natural177 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRUNNING IRON
5 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCACTUS
3 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCHERRY
11 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBOBS
9 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMAUDES
7 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionKOA
4 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
4 July 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionFIREWORKS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Newton (historical): 18 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 producers, 2 plants. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Manganese, Copper, Gold, Lead, Limestone, General. 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
(Facility) Chino Copper SmelterCopperPlant
Ben Hur MineSilver, Copper, Lead, GoldPast Producer1950
Chino ConcentratorMolybdenum, Copper, Silver, GoldPlant
Hurley Lime QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lone Mountain Manganese MineManganese, SilverPast Producer1885, 1955
Saint Helena GroupGold, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Texas MineSilver, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer1900
Texas MineSilver, GoldPast Producer
Ben Hur MineSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperProspect
Causland PropertyManganese, IronPast ProducerReplacement

Every working recorded in Grant 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
North Hurley3.5 miles12
Hurley3.6 miles12
Silver Acres3.7 miles13
Bayard4.8 miles13
Central4.8 miles13
Santa Clara5.1 miles13
Arenas Valley5.4 miles13
Tyrone5.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 919879. 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.