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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1909 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Tyrone quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Tyrone quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Tyrone quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Gila National Forest | not named |
| 28 August 2009 | Natural | 8.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WEST COMPLEX |
| 17 August 1996 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Gila National Forest | JACKS |
| 16 August 1998 | Natural | 3,000 acres | Gila National Forest | JACKS |
| 11 August 1992 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Gila National Forest | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Natural | 20 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LONG LOST |
| 7 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | JACKS |
| 24 July 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | TAILINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 47 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon | Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Apache Trail Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Bismuth, Uranium, Lead | Past Producer | 1890, 1940 | |
| Azure Mine | Semiprecious Gemstone | Past Producer | ||
| Azure Mine New Azure Mine | Gemstone, Copper | Past Producer | Turquoise | |
| Burro Chief Mine | Manganese, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer | 1880 | |
| Burro Mountains District | Copper, Manganese, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Lead, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Bismuth | Producer | 1871, 1879, 1984 | |
| California Gulch Prospect | Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Contact Group | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, Gold | Past Producer | 1944 | |
| Full Moon Mine | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1947 | |
| Joy Group | Copper, Bismuth, Tungsten, Gold, Silver | Prospect | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite, Tenorite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Signal | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Tyrone | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| The Pines | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Silver Acres | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Newton (historical) | 9.8 miles | 12 | |
| Silver City | 10.2 miles | 14 | |
| Black Hawk (historical) | 10.7 miles | 12 | |
| Alhambra (historical) | 10.8 miles | 12 |
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.







