Rock Canyon, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Truth or Consequences East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87935. It lies in Rock Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Elephant Butte quadrangle.

Rock Canyon within Sierra County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1954 USGS Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Elephant Butte quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Engle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1979 USGS Truth or Consequences quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Rock Canyon between 1992 and 2017, burning about 54 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
Natural	5
Debris and open burning	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Smoking	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
9 July 2017	Natural	under an acre	Cibola National Forest	SAND TANK
9 July 2000	Natural	50 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	KETTLE TOP
21 July 1992	Natural	under an acre	Gila National Forest	not named
11 July 2003	Natural	under an acre	Gila National Forest	BAILEY
30 June 2007	Smoking	1.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named
24 June 2010	Natural	under an acre	Gila National Forest	MOORE
24 June 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	MM97
1 June 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	WHETZEL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sierra County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rock Canyon: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Yaple Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone	Producer	Sedimentary
Materials Pit #17	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit #21	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit 66-52-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Materials Pit 71-2-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Sierra 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hot Springs Landing	1.1 miles	14
Elephant Butte Estates	2.5 miles	14
Elephant Butte	5.3 miles	14
Truth or Consequences	7.0 miles	9
Cuchillo	8.1 miles	9
Williamsburg	8.6 miles	11
Engle	10.0 miles	12
Jornada	11.6 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 894030. 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.