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Boyd, New Mexico

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Las Cruces census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88011. It lies near Baldy Peak. The Survey maps it on the Organ Peak quadrangle.

Boyd within Doña Ana County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Boyd between 1992 and 2019, burning about 8,147 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 5 were 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
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism5
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
9 September 1998Natural200 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeSOLEDAD
7 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeSUNDAY
3 August 1998Natural5.0 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeS.RABBIT
25 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeHARVE
15 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeDRIPPING S
10 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeSPOT
10 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeSOTOL
10 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeANVIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Doña Ana County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Boyd: 10 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Lead, Iron. 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
Devils Canyon MineBarium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Mica ProspectMicaProspect
ModocLead, SilverPast Producer
Modoc MineLead, SilverPast Producer1855, 1880, 1917
Orejon MineLead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, GoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Specularite, Sphalerite
Silver Cliff ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BariteOccurrenceBarite, Fluorite
Texas Canyon GroupSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Texas Main MineGold, Copper, Silver, Barium-Barite, Bismuth, Tellurium, MolybdenumPast Producer1895, 1939
Unnamed Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand and Gravel
OrejonLead, Copper, SilverPast 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Modoc (historical)1.5 miles18
White Sands6.4 miles11
Organ7.2 miles19
Spaceport City7.7 miles17
University Park9.9 miles15
Tortugas10.2 miles15
Mesilla Park10.7 miles15
Las Cruces10.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899548. 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.