Oasis, New Mexico

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Truth or Consequences West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87931. It stands on Greenhorn Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Caballo quadrangle.

Oasis within Sierra County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Caballo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1982 USGS Hatch quadrangle1:100000
1996 USGS Caballo quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

33 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Oasis between 1994 and 2020, burning about 382 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined	9
Debris and open burning	8
Recreation and ceremony	6
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Natural	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
19 September 2017	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Las Cruces Field Office	KOOK
11 July 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	MILE 61 I-25 S
22 June 2013	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	PERCHA
31 May 2011	Smoking	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	PAMPAS
31 May 1994	Natural	20 acres	Las Cruces Field Office	GRANITE
3 May 2004	Arson/incendiarism	6.0 acres	Las Cruces Field Office	BAT CAVE
22 May 2011	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	187 GRILL
2 May 2010	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Socorro District	PERCHA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sierra County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Oasis: 8 unknowns, 8 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Lead, Silver. 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	Recorded
Gold Eagle	Gold, Silver	Unknown
Granite Peak	Copper, Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Lyda K Mine	Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silica	Past Producer	1926, 1928
Materials Pit #22	Stone	Unknown
Black Beauty	Manganese	Prospect
Black Beauty Group 1950's	Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer	1965
Caballo Mountains Mining and Leaching Co. Claims	Copper, Lead, Silver	Occurrence	1900
Caballo Mt Mining & Leaching Co	Copper, Lead, Silver	Prospect
Lyda K Mine	Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead	Producer	1926, 1928, 1943
Materials Pit 64-11-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Sierra 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
Caballo	3.6 miles	9
Arrey	5.2 miles	8
Las Palomas	9.6 miles	11
Derry	9.6 miles	8
Hillsboro	13.2 miles	11
Williamsburg	13.3 miles	11
Truth or Consequences	14.5 miles	9
Alivio	16.8 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898828. 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.