Whitetail, New Mexico

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Mescalero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88340. The Survey maps it on the Whitetail quadrangle.

Whitetail within Otero County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1955 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Whitetail quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Ruidoso quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Whitetail between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,792 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 2 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	49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Debris and open burning	13
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	2
Other causes	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
31 August 2002	Natural	under an acre	Mescalero Agency	TENORIO
29 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Mescalero Agency	ENCINO
29 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Mescalero Agency	ENCINO
16 August 2016	Natural	under an acre	Mescalero Agency	ROGERS
13 August 1995	Natural	under an acre	Mescalero Agency	TURKEY
9 July 1994	Natural	under an acre	Mescalero Agency	SNAKE WELL
9 July 1994	Natural	under an acre	Mescalero Agency	TSPRINGS
5 July 2003	Natural	3.0 acres	Mescalero Agency	SOUTH BEAR

Every fire recorded in Otero 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 Whitetail: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
	The Adobe Patch	Clay	Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Otero 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
Carrizo	8.9 miles	10
Silver Springs	9.7 miles	9
Mescalero	12.6 miles	10
Blazers Mill	13.3 miles	10
Bent	16.7 miles	10
Wimsatt	19.2 miles	11
Apache	19.6 miles	9
Cloudcroft	21.2 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898612. 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.