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Oak Grove, New Mexico

13 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 Brick Kiln Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Tyrone quadrangle.

Oak Grove within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,955 acres in total. 14 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
Natural14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
31 August 1994Natural1.0 acresGila National Forestnot named
28 August 2009Natural8.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionWEST COMPLEX
17 August 1996Natural5.0 acresGila National ForestJACKS
16 August 1998Natural3,000 acresGila National ForestJACKS
11 August 1992Natural2.0 acresGila National Forestnot named
7 July 2012Natural20 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLONG LOST
7 July 2002Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestJACKS
24 July 2016Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestTAILINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Oak Grove: 26 past producers, 9 prospects, 6 producers, 3 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
AfternoonSilver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Apache Trail MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Bismuth, Uranium, LeadPast Producer1890, 1940
Azure MineSemiprecious GemstonePast Producer
Azure Mine New Azure MineGemstone, CopperPast ProducerTurquoise
Burro Chief MineManganese, Copper, Fluorine-FluoriteProducer1880
Burro Mountains DistrictCopper, Manganese, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Lead, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, BismuthProducer1871, 1879, 1984
California Gulch ProspectCopper, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Contact GroupLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, GoldPast Producer1944
Full Moon MineZinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, GoldPast Producer1947
Joy GroupCopper, Bismuth, Tungsten, Gold, SilverProspectChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite, Tenorite

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
White Signal5.3 miles14
Tyrone5.9 miles13
The Pines6.9 miles15
Silver Acres8.1 miles13
Newton (historical)9.8 miles12
Silver City10.2 miles14
Black Hawk (historical)10.7 miles12
Alhambra (historical)10.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898579. 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.