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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.

Santa Rita within Grant County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

72 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined25
Natural17
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning6
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

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
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila National Forestnot named
15 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMILLER
20 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHANOVER
9 July 1996Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestRABBIT
7 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSocorro DistrictMOWER
6 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila National ForestSIREN
6 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionTRAILER
3 July 2007Equipment and vehicle use57 acresGila National ForestHIGHWAY 152

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 141 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bullfrog MillZinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Bullfrog MineLead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold, MolybdenumPast Producer1905, 1961
Bullfrog MineZinc, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
ChinoCopper, Silver, Molybdenum, GoldPlant1801, 1912
Chino MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, PGE, LeadProducer1800, 1804
Clinoptilolite OccurrenceZeolitesOccurrenceClinoptilolite
Combination-Hobo MinesZinc, Lead, Copper, SilverPast Producer1952
Commercial MineSilver, Zinc, Copper, Lead, VanadiumPast Producer1875, 1942
Commercial MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, VanadiumPast Producer
Continental Breccia PipeZinc, Copper, MolybdenumProspectHydrothermal Breccia-Filling

Every working recorded in Grant 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
Wimsattville1.3 miles17
Turnerville1.3 miles17
Hanover1.7 miles17
Union Hill2.3 miles17
Ivanhoe (historical)2.4 miles17
Fierro3.0 miles17
Cobre3.1 miles17
Hanover Junction3.4 miles17

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 Q7419837The 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.