Silver Acres, New Mexico
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Silver City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88061. It lies near Maudes Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Tyrone quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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
- 1950 USGS Tyrone quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Tyrone quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Tyrone quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Silver Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,696 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 56 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2011 | Natural | 177 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RUNNING IRON |
| 5 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CACTUS |
| 31 August 2011 | Natural | 36 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BOSTON HILL |
| 11 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BOBS |
| 9 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BUSY |
| 9 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MAUDES |
| 4 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 4 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SILVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Silver Acres: 27 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Manganese, Manganese, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltic Mine | Silver, Lead, Manganese, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1872, 1875, 1939 | |
| Chloride Flat Mines | Silver, Manganese, Iron, Copper, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | 1872, 1875, 1944 | |
| Grand Central Group | Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Lime Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Little Burro Mountains Kaolin Deposit | Kaolin | Occurrence | Kaolin | |
| Lone Mountain Manganese Mine | Manganese, Silver | Past Producer | 1885, 1955 | |
| Lone Mountain Mines | Silver, Lead | Past Producer | 1871, 1884 | |
| Silver City District | Silver, Zinc, Copper, Iron, Lead | Past Producer | 1870 | |
| Silver Spot Group | Manganese, Iron, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarries | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrone | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Silver City | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Newton (historical) | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Arenas Valley | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Central | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Santa Clara | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| North Hurley | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Little Walnut Village | 7.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 900251. 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.







