Val Verde, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Socorro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87832. The Survey maps it on the San Marcial quadrangle.

Val Verde within Socorro County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1948 USGS Val Verde quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Oscura Mountains quadrangle1:100000
1982 USGS San Marcial quadrangle1:24000

Photographs

2 photographs, 2021

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

The corner, and a weathered sign, of the 1919 Val Verde Hotel and Steakhouse in Socorro, a small city in central New Mexico
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress

The 1919 Val Verde Hotel in Socorro, a small city in central New Mexico
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

21 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Val Verde between 1993 and 2017, burning about 17,492 acres in total. 10 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
Natural	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Smoking	1

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
4 July 2016	Natural	809 acres	Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge	SAN PASQUAL
28 July 2009	Natural	under an acre	Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge	NO FIRE #4
28 July 2009	Natural	under an acre	Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge	NO FIRE #3
27 July 2009	Natural	under an acre	Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge	COTTONWOOD
3 June 2003	Natural	15 acres	Socorro Field Office	BLK MESA
26 June 2017	Natural	8,365 acres	Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge	TIFFANY
25 June 2005	Natural	22 acres	Socorro Field Office	TIFFANY
22 June 2014	Natural	16 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	BLACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Socorro 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 Val Verde: 2 past producers. None of them 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Materials Pit 61-44-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Materials Pit 72-2-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Socorro 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Tiffany	1.5 miles	10
San Marcial	3.0 miles	10
Craig (historical)	6.4 miles	10
Hard Luck Crossing	11.1 miles	10
Paraje (historical)	12.1 miles	10
San Antonito	13.4 miles	10
Kinney Wells	15.0 miles	10
San Pedro	15.0 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 923712. 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.