BlockAlvarado, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Southeast Otero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88081. The Survey maps it on the Desert quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1941 USGS Desert quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Desert quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Desert quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Desert quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:100000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newman | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Elwood | 12.1 miles | 11 | |
| Orogrande | 18.1 miles | 10 | |
| Benton Well | 21.3 miles | 11 | |
| Martin Well | 22.4 miles | 11 | |
| Turquoise | 23.9 miles | 11 | |
| Dunes | 38.6 miles | 9 | |
| Point of Sands | 42.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920557. 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.