Villa Madonna, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Ruidoso census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88312. It lies near Granite Knob. The Survey maps it on the Angus quadrangle.
On record in Villa Madonna
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 1 record
Monjeau Lookoutlisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1955 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Angus quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Ruidoso quadrangle1:100000
- 2004 USGS Angus quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
216 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Villa Madonna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,300 acres in total. 89 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 89 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | BONITO 1 |
| 6 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | WET |
| 30 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WOLF |
| 29 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | SKYLINE |
| 28 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PASO |
| 22 September 2003 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Lincoln National Forest | GEORGE |
| 21 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | MEADOW |
| 2 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | DRY MILLS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Villa Madonna: 15 unknowns, 8 prospects, 7 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Front Mine | Aluminum | Unknown | ||
| Crow Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | 1950, 1963 | |
| Crow Mine | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hope Prospect | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Maud Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1887, 1964 | |
| Maud Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Mccrory Prospect | Lead | Prospect | ||
| Mudpuppy-Waterdog Prospect | Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Tellurium | Occurrence | Molybdenite, Pyrite | |
| Rock No 1 | Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Silver Contact Claims 1980's | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | 1900, 1905, 1939 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Vista | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Bonito | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Sun Valley | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Alto | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Angus | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Alpine Cellars Village | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Ponderosa Heights | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Ruidoso | 6.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 912109. 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.





