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Redrock, New Mexico

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Tyrone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88055. It lies near Trusdale Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Redrock quadrangle.

Redrock within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

1 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Redrock in 2002, burning about 100 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
23 March 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionREDROCK

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Redrock: 10 occurrences, 6 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Magnesite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Animas MineCalcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, SilicaPast Producer1943
Black Bob MineManganeseProspect
Jackpot ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, ManganeseOccurrenceSurface
Magnetite DepositsIronOccurrenceMetamorphic
Name UnknownCopperOccurrenceVein
Ricolite ProspectsMarble, DimensionPast Producer1888, 1946
Ash Creek Talc-Serpentinite QuarryStonePast ProducerMetamorphic
Ricolite DepositsStoneProspect
Unnamed Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand and Gravel
Unnamed Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redrock in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2025Thunderstorm WindRedrock-The Burro Mountain RAWS recorded a peak gust of 69 mph.
July 2018Heavy RainRedrock-Our Cooperative Observer reported 3.10 inches of rain in Redrock and a report from the public had 3.50 inches.
July 2018Flash FloodRedrock-Up to three and a half inches of rain fell across the area between Redrock and Lordsburg resulting in flash flooding and roads becoming impassable along New Mexico Highway 464.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindRedrock-Big tree limbs were blown off trees.
July 2013Flash FloodRedrock-A report from the public said water was covering the road in Redrock and rain was still falling.
September 2006HailRedrock-Hail from nickel to quarter size accumulated on the ground west of Red Rock.
October 2002Flash FloodRedrock-Flooding from 1.65 inches of rain in 45 minutes was reported near Red Rock and in Red Rock Canyon.
October 1998HailRedrock-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Telegraph (historical)8.8 miles11
Black Hawk (historical)11.5 miles12
Alhambra (historical)12.3 miles12
The Pines14.4 miles15
East Camp (historical)14.7 miles10
Malone (historical)14.9 miles12
Mangas Springs16.1 miles11
Steeplerock (historical)16.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 910095. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.