BlockRed Mill, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Socorro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87028. It stands on Arroyo los Alamos. The Survey maps it on the Becker SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1916 USGS La Joya quadrangle1:125000
- 1952 USGS La Joya quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Red Mill between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,759 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1996 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge | ALAMO SPRI |
| 25 July 2019 | Natural | 30 acres | Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge | FIVE POINTS |
| 24 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | LACKEY |
| 21 July 1994 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge | ALAMO SP |
| 21 July 1994 | Natural | 22 acres | Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge | RED TANK |
| 17 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CROSSTIE |
| 11 June 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge | SEVILLETA NATURAL OUT #1 |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,700 acres | Socorro Field Office | SEVILLETA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Red Mill: 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Barium-Barite, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelder-Everheart Prospect | Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite, Fluorite, Galena | |
| Dewey | Barium-Barite, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Dewey Mine | Lead, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1902 | |
| Dewey Mine | Barium-Barite, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Joyita | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Mill | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Tomasino Mill | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| La Joya | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| La Joyita (historical) | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Contreras | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| San Geronimo | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| San Acacia | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| San Francisco | 8.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898590. 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.