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Timberon, New Mexico

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Southeast Otero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88350. It lies near Arkansas Canyon. The Survey maps it on the El Paso Canyon quadrangle. 345 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,929 feet above sea level.

Timberon within Otero County

Population over time

2 figures

Timberon fell from 348 to 345 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010348
2020345-3 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

51 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Timberon between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,946 acres in total. 23 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
Natural23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Firearms and explosives use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2000Natural10 acresLincoln National ForestSILVER TANK
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHESSEE
22 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMARS
15 September 2010Natural8.0 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeRIM TANK
4 August 2014Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionTRES MARIAS
20 August 2020Naturalunder an acreCapitan District21-50460232X
12 August 2020Naturalunder an acreCapitan DistrictFAIRCHILD
28 July 2000Naturalunder an acreLincoln National ForestCIRCLE CROSS

Every fire recorded in Otero County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Timberon: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Escondio MagnetiteIronProducer
Materias PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Otero 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
Crisp8.6 miles8
Maxon9.7 miles11
Sacramento13.8 miles11
Avis13.8 miles8
Marcia14.9 miles11
Weed15.6 miles11
Piñon15.9 miles8
Dog Canyon Estates16.2 miles9

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 TimberonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2344600The 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 912792. 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.