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Red Lake, New Mexico

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Elida census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88130. The Survey maps it on the Dora NW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Red Lake within Roosevelt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

29 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Red Lake (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,535 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

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
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionTANK
17 September 2007Natural30 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
13 September 2010Natural128 acresCapitan DistrictROAD 25
6 August 2019Natural6.8 acresCapitan District20-50330155X
20 August 2014Natural5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLEON
20 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionEVANS
2 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.4 acresCapitan District20-50270133X
19 August 2020Natural2.0 acresCapitan District21-50440222X

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roosevelt County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Red Lake (historical): 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Roosevelt 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
Dora5.5 miles6
Pep9.0 miles5
Kermit9.2 miles7
Delphos9.9 miles8
Elida11.5 miles5
Rogers11.5 miles6
New Hope (historical)11.6 miles6
Longs (historical)12.2 miles6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 933154. 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.