BlockOld Town, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Deming North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88030. It lies near Taylor Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Taylor Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Dwyer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Hatch quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Taylor Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Old Town between 1992 and 2009, burning about 1,828 acres in total. 6 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 July 2007 | Natural | 12 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | TAYLOR |
| 10 July 1992 | Natural | 155 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | CULP PEAK |
| 29 June 2007 | Natural | 54 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | MCCAULEY |
| 12 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BROWN |
| 10 June 2009 | Natural | 25 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | STOCKTON |
| 10 June 2009 | Natural | 1,120 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | TAYLOR MT |
| 1 June 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SIMON |
| 8 May 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PARK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Old Town: 3 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Dimension, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Ranch Quarry | Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Faywood Hot Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Lucretia Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Unknown Name Fire-Clay | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Materials Pit 58-117-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 58-120-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mimbres Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 901088. 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.