Santa Rita, New Mexico
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Bayard-Santa Rita census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88041. It stands on Santa Rita Creek. The Survey maps it on the Santa Rita Mine quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Santa Rita
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Santa Rita del Cobre Fort, Santa Ritafederal building survey, 2 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1909 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Santa Rita quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Santa Rita quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Santa Rita quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Santa Rita Mine quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Santa Rita Mine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
72 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Santa Rita (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 538 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 25 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila National Forest | not named |
| 15 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MILLER |
| 20 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HANOVER |
| 9 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | RABBIT |
| 7 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Socorro District | MOWER |
| 6 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gila National Forest | SIREN |
| 6 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TRAILER |
| 3 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 57 acres | Gila National Forest | HIGHWAY 152 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 141 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 141 workings within 5 miles of Santa Rita (historical): 111 past producers, 16 prospects, 8 producers, 3 plants. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Zinc, Zinc, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullfrog Mill | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Bullfrog Mine | Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1905, 1961 | |
| Bullfrog Mine | Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Chino | Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold | Plant | 1801, 1912 | |
| Chino Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, PGE, Lead | Producer | 1800, 1804 | |
| Clinoptilolite Occurrence | Zeolites | Occurrence | Clinoptilolite | |
| Combination-Hobo Mines | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1952 | |
| Commercial Mine | Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1875, 1942 | |
| Commercial Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Continental Breccia Pipe | Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum | Prospect | Hydrothermal Breccia-Filling |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wimsattville | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Turnerville | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Hanover | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Union Hill | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Ivanhoe (historical) | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Fierro | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Cobre | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Hanover Junction | 3.4 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Santa Rita (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7419837 | The 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 920698. 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.









