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.
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.
Village of Columbus and Camp FurlongNational Historic Landmark · listed 1975 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1917 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | WINDMILL |
| 14 August 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Socorro District | CANAL |
| 7 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | HALFWAY |
| 17 June 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SAN JOSE 9 |
| 10 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Socorro District | INTREPID |
| 9 May 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CHERRY |
| 7 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ARTS RD |
| 16 May 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PALOMAS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindberg | Gemstone | Prospect | ||
| Lucky Bullet Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1953 | |
| Tres Hermanas Travertine Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus | 0.1 miles | 17 | |
| Mimbres | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Waterloo | 11.8 miles | 17 | |
| Arena | 12.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hermanas | 16.6 miles | 10 | |
| Sunshine | 22.3 miles | 14 | |
| Mountain View | 28.4 miles | 14 | |
| Cedar Grove (historical) | 30.4 miles | 9 |
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.









