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Robsart, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Carrizozo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88301. The Survey maps it on the Carrizozo East quadrangle.

Robsart within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Robsart between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,711 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined19
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
3 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionOAK
18 August 2005Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHWY 54-MM134
8 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionYUCCA #1
5 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionOOPS
4 July 2010Natural7.0 acresCapitan DistrictBEAVER
2 July 2007Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
6 June 2006Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
5 June 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionOAKS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Robsart: 20 past producers, 7 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Eagle Nest No 1&2 White Oaks DistThorium, UraniumOccurrence
Homestake SouthTungstenPast Producer
Materials PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Section 2 OccurrenceUraniumOccurrenceVein
White Oaks DistrictGold, TungstenPast ProducerQUARTZ VEINS
Julia Ann ProspectFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Lone Mountain Prospect 1966Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite
Little Mack MineGold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer1885, 1940
North and South Homestake MinesGold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer1879, 1950
Old Abe MineGold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer1879, 1890, 1951

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
Manchester (historical)4.5 miles14
White Oaks5.2 miles15
Coyote5.3 miles12
Carrizozo6.9 miles14
Reventon11.0 miles10
Lovelace11.3 miles12
Vera Cruz (historical)11.4 miles15
Largo11.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 918430. 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.