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Roundtop, New Mexico

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Mountainair-Encino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87036. It lies near Round Top. The Survey maps it on the Round Top quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Roundtop within Torrance County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

10 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Roundtop (historical) between 2000 and 2019, burning about 335 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
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2

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
29 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBILLY
17 July 2005Natural1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
13 July 2005Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
13 July 2005Natural1.5 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
28 June 2011Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionROUND TOP
28 June 2011Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionKING
24 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined330 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
21 May 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionNICK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Torrance County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Roundtop (historical): 5 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Potassium, Mercury, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum. 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
Ambrosia Lake MineUranium, MolybdenumProducer
Continental MineZinc, Gold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Milan MineUraniumProducer
Questa MineMolybdenumProducer
Taos Mountain PassMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Ker Mcgee MinePotassiumProducer
Mississippi Chemical MinePotassiumPast Producer
National Potash MinePotassiumPast Producer
Potash Co. MinePotassiumProducer

Every working recorded in Torrance 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
Broncho4.8 miles10
Mountainair7.4 miles10
Willard8.1 miles10
Deer Canyon9.9 miles8
Silio11.3 miles6
Progresso11.9 miles7
Punta de Agua12.0 miles11
Abo12.3 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920750. 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.