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Vista, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Hurley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88040. The Survey maps it on the Playas Peak quadrangle.

Vista within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

6 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Vista between 1993 and 2009, burning about 25 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
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
1 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHURT
4 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSOUTH WELLS
27 July 2000Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionNIGHT
14 June 2009Natural12 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSOUTH WELLS
28 May 1993Natural3.0 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeBLACK MT
2 January 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMM34-9

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Vista: 12 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Copper, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
American MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, GoldPast Producer1878, 1881, 1960
Cherry's MinesUraniumOccurrence
Eighth of March ShaftLeadProspect
Hawkins, Kelly, & ButterworthCopper, Silver, UraniumUnknown
Hornet MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, GoldPast Producer1877, 1882, 1958
Hornet MineZinc, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Howard ShaftSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
King MineSilver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1877, 1878, 1941
Little Hatchet MountainsTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Miss Pickle TunnelSilver, Lead, Arsenic, ZincPast Producer

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
Pothook3.0 miles14
Old Hachita3.6 miles14
Minero3.9 miles14
Hachita7.1 miles15
Brockman11.2 miles9
Separ16.3 miles9
Wilna19.9 miles9
Gold Hill (historical)32.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899981. 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.