Boles Acres, New Mexico
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Alamogordo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88310. The Survey maps it on the Alamogordo South quadrangle. 1,788 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,104 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresBoles Acres grew from 1,172 to 1,788 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,172 | |
| 2010 | 1,638 | +466 (+40%) |
| 2020 | 1,788 | +150 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1950 USGS Alamogordo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Mule Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Alamogordo quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Alamogordo South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Alamogordo South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Boles Acres between 1993 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Capitan District | MM 56 |
| 17 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | not named |
| 30 May 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MEADOWLAND |
| 9 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SAWDUST |
| 7 April 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Capitan District | 20-51060411X |
| 25 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Capitan District | BOLES ACRES |
| 17 March 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM203 |
| 4 October 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Lincoln National Forest | SAN ANDREAS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Boles Acres: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamo No2 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Downs Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| State Hwy Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omlee | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Valmont | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Dog Canyon Estates | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Monista (historical) | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Alamogordo | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Dunes | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Marcia | 11.7 miles | 11 | |
| Point of Sands | 11.9 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Boles Acres | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2781468 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 913246. 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.






