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Wilcox Peak, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Reserve census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88039. It lies near Gold Hill. The Survey maps it on the Holt Mountain quadrangle.

Wilcox Peak within Catron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Wilcox Peak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,928 acres in total. 55 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
Natural55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2

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
29 September 2011Natural80 acresGila National ForestBLUE JAY
20 September 1996Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestRED HAIR
6 August 1995Natural4.0 acresGila National ForestDOG
30 August 1994Naturalunder an acreGila National Forestnot named
26 August 2000Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestSHRON
26 August 1997Natural30 acresGila National ForestCROWN
26 August 1997Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestDUCK
24 August 2007Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestHOLT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Catron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Wilcox Peak: 18 occurrences, 13 prospects, 7 unknowns, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silica, Copper. 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
Deer Trail TunnelLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, ZincProspect
Frisco Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Goat Corral Canyon ProspectClayOccurrence
Independence MineSilver, ZincOccurrenceSilver
Lone Star ProspectsSilver, Gold, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite, Gold
Old Uncle John MineSilver, Copper, Lead, ZincUnknown
Pilgrim Camp ProspectsCopper, MolybdenumOccurrence
Uncle John ProspectLead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Copper, CadmiumPast Producer1884, 1955
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Huckleberry Spar MineCalcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, SilicaPast Producer1920, 1939

Every working recorded in Catron 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
Pleasanton3.0 miles14
Glenwood4.3 miles14
Mogollon8.1 miles14
Alma8.2 miles14
Claremont9.2 miles14
Cooney9.8 miles14
Lower San Francisco Plaza26.4 miles14
Rancho Grande Estates28.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 912364. 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.