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Border City, New Mexico

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Deming South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88029. The Survey maps it on the Columbus quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Border City within Luna County

On record in Border City

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Border City (historical) between 1993 and 2011, burning about 60 acres in total. None 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
16 August 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeWINDMILL
14 August 2010Smokingunder an acreSocorro DistrictCANAL
7 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeHALFWAY
17 June 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSAN JOSE 9
10 June 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSocorro DistrictINTREPID
9 May 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCHERRY
7 May 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionARTS RD
16 May 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPALOMAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Luna County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Border City (historical): 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Gemstone, Manganese. 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
LindbergGemstoneProspect
Lucky Bullet MineManganesePast Producer1953
Tres Hermanas Travertine DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceVein
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Luna 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
Columbus0.1 miles17
Mimbres6.3 miles11
Waterloo11.8 miles17
Arena12.0 miles9
Hermanas16.6 miles10
Sunshine22.3 miles14
Mountain View28.4 miles14
Cedar Grove (historical)30.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920030. 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.