BlockValedon, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Hidalgo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88045. It lies near Atwood Hill. The Survey maps it on the Lordsburg quadrangle.
On record in Valedon
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Shakespeare Ghost Townlisted 1973 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Lordsburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Lordsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Valedon between 1994 and 2002, burning about 2 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM 17 |
| 11 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | GARY |
| 10 March 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DUMP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 83 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 83 workings within 5 miles of Valedon: 61 past producers, 8 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 4 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anita | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Anita Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | 1961 | |
| Battleship | Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Bellah's Vanadium | Vanadium | Unknown | ||
| Big Three Group | Gold, Lead, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Big Three Prospect | Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Big Wolf Calcite | Calcium | Occurrence | ||
| Bonney-Misers Chest & 85 Mine & Plt | Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc | Plant | ||
| Century Mine | Lead, Tungsten | Producer | Wulfenite | |
| Clementine Claim | Lead, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | 1955 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shakespeare | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lordsburg | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Gary | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Leitendorf (historical) | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Ulmoris | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Mondel | 9.8 miles | 8 | |
| Lisbon | 10.8 miles | 9 | |
| McGhee Wells | 13.7 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122594302 | The 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 899978. 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.