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Reventon, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Corona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88301. It lies near Ox Yoke Canyon. The Survey maps it on the White Oaks North quadrangle.

Reventon within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Reventon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,008 acres in total. 21 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
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2012Naturalunder an acreLincoln National ForestPATOS
8 August 2016Naturalunder an acreLincoln National ForestPATOS
21 August 2020Natural2.0 acresLincoln National ForestPATOS
21 August 1997Naturalunder an acreLincoln National ForestLONE PINE
18 August 2009Naturalunder an acreLincoln National ForestPATOS
30 July 2011Natural4.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCARVAHAL
21 July 2019Naturalunder an acreLincoln National ForestPATOS
14 July 2018Naturalunder an acreLincoln National ForestTRAILS CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Reventon: 12 past producers, 8 occurrences, 7 prospects, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite. 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
Black Gold MineGold, IronOccurrenceGold, Magnetite, Pyrite
Jicarilla Gold PlacersGold, Silver, PlatinumPast Producer1850, 1942
Spring Gold Stain MineGold, ArsenicOccurrenceGold, Pyrite
Box Lode Claims Nos 1-22Barium-BariteOccurrence
Fox Lode ProspectBarium-Barite, CopperOccurrenceBarite
Apex ClaimCopperProspect
Lucky Strike MineCopperProspect
Apex ClaimsGoldOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Hubbard ClaimsGoldProspect
Lucky Strike AreaGoldPast Producer1933

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Jicarilla5.2 miles10
White Oaks6.1 miles15
Manchester (historical)8.3 miles14
Coyote9.8 miles12
Largo10.8 miles11
Robsart11.0 miles14
Ancho11.2 miles9
Encinoso11.2 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122565874The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 910146. 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.