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Turnerville, 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 lies near Lee Hill (historical). The Survey maps it on the Santa Rita Mine quadrangle.

Turnerville within Grant County

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

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Turnerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 619 acres in total. 16 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/undetermined34
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking6
Debris and open burning6
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
21 August 2003Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestBAYARD
20 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHANOVER
16 August 2012Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestFORT
14 August 1993Naturalunder an acreGila National Forestnot named
7 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSocorro DistrictMOWER
6 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGila National ForestSIREN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 140 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 140 workings within 5 miles of Turnerville: 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
Wimsattville0.2 miles17
Hanover0.9 miles17
Santa Rita (historical)1.3 miles17
Ivanhoe (historical)1.4 miles17
Cobre2.1 miles17
Union Hill2.3 miles17
Hanover Junction2.3 miles17
Vanadium2.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920724. 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.