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Redstone, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Pinos Altos census division. It lies near Scott Peak. The Survey maps it on the Twin Sisters quadrangle.

Redstone within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

294 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 294 fires within 5 miles of Redstone between 1992 and 2020, burning about 37,363 acres in total. 208 started naturally. 6 were 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
Natural208
Recreation and ceremony48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning2
Other causes1

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
30 September 2016Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestMILL
25 September 2004Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestBOSQUE
24 September 1993Natural2.0 acresGila National Forestnot named
23 September 1994Natural2,000 acresGila National ForestGLASS
21 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila National ForestCHERRY
2 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila National ForestBEAR CREEK 3
19 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila National ForestLILLY
19 September 2011Natural1.5 acresGila National ForestLITTLE CHERRY 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Redstone: 11 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Bismuth, Arsenic. 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
Atlantic MineZinc, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Deep Down MineSilver, Gold, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Deep Down-Atlantic MineGold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, LeadPast Producer1860, 1865
Gila MinesGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1860, 1955
Hazard MineCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1941
Hazard MineGold, Copper, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Mammoth MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast ProducerVein
Pinos AltosCopper, Zinc, Gold, SilverPast Producer1988
Pinos Altos MineCopper, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Bismuth, ArsenicProspect1948
Portland MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

4 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redstone in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
July 2025Flash FloodRedstone-Debris flow off of the Trout Fire was flowing down Pictograph Canyon across Highway 35. The road was impassable. Radar indicated 1.5 to 2 inches of rainfall above the road.
September 2025Flash FloodRedstone-Debris flow was reported about 7 miles north-northwest of Mimbres. Flooding was reported across New Mexico 35 causing the road to be impassable about 4 miles north-northwest of Mimbres.
September 2013Flash FloodRedstone-Law enforcement reported that water came across Highway 35 near mile marker 19.
June 2010HailRedstone-Three-quarter inch hail was reported 1 mile east of Lake Roberts.

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
Masons Mill (historical)0.4 miles14
Pinos Altos5.4 miles13
Little Walnut Village8.2 miles14
Fierro9.1 miles17
Union Hill9.6 miles17
Arenas Valley10.0 miles13
Fort Bayard10.2 miles13
Hanover10.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 910101. 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.