Magdalena National Forest was established as the Magdalena Forest Reserve by the
U.S. Forest Service
The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The Forest Service manages of land. Major divisions of the agency in ...
in
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...
on November 5, 1906, with . It became a
National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908,
San Mateo National Forest San Mateo National Forest was established as the San Mateo Forest Reserve by the U.S. Forest Service in New Mexico on November 5, 1906 with . It became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 the entire forest was added to Magdalena Na ...
was added. On February 23, 1909, the forest was combined with
Datil National Forest Datil National Forest was a United States National Forest established in western New Mexico by the U.S. Forest Service in 1908. It was merged into another and ceased in 1931.
History
Datil National Forest was formed from the part of the also new Gi ...
The Magdalena Forest is now part of the Magdalena Ranger District of Cibola National Forest, in the
Magdalena Mountains
The Magdalena Mountains are a regionally high, mountain range in Socorro County, in west-central New Mexico in the southwestern United States. The highest point in the range is South Baldy, at 10,783 ft (3,287 m), which is also the tallest p ...
to the south of
Magdalena in
Socorro County
Socorro County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,866. The county seat is Socorro. The county was formed in 1852 as one of the original nine counties of New Mexico Territory. Socorro wa ...
.
References
External links
Cibola National Forest, Magdalena Ranger DistrictForest History SocietyForest History Society:Listing of the National Forests of the United States
''Text from Davis, Richard C., ed. Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company for the Forest History Society, 1983. Vol. II, pp. 743-788.''
{{Former National Forests of the United States
Former National Forests of New Mexico
Protected areas of Socorro County, New Mexico