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Tiptonville, New Mexico

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Wagon Mound census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87753. The Survey maps it on the Watrous quadrangle.

Tiptonville within Mora County

On record in Tiptonville

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

6 surveys from 13 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

17 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Tiptonville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
9 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHUMPHREY
8 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPOWERLINE
6 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreLas Vegas DistrictPHOENIX
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCOTTONWOOD
10 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDOGIE
5 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSTARKEY
4 July 2020Naturalunder an acreRio Mora National Wildlife RefugeLOMA PARDA
17 July 2017Naturalunder an acreRio Mora National Wildlife RefugeLOMA PARDA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mora County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Tiptonville: 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
B.T.U. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Mora 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
Watrous2.2 miles13
Valmora4.0 miles13
Loma Parda4.5 miles14
Shoemaker6.4 miles13
Cherry Valley (historical)8.4 miles13
Golondrinas11.1 miles15
Optimo11.3 miles13
Ciruela13.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 915906. 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.