Four Points, New Mexico

15 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 88046. The Survey maps it on the Las Cruces quadrangle.

Four Points within Doña Ana County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

1891 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:125000
1893 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1941 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1943 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:100000
1996 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Four Points between 1995 and 2020, burning about 101 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	6
Debris and open burning	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
23 May 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Las Cruces Field Office	PICACHO
2 May 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	LEVEE
18 May 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.5 acres	Las Cruces Field Office	DEL RIO
12 May 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	DAM FIRE
3 April 2020	Debris and open burning	80 acres	Socorro District	FOG
14 April 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Las Cruces Field Office	MESILLA
14 April 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Las Cruces Field Office	GLASS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Doña Ana County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Four Points: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Las Alturas Estates Wells	Geothermal	Unknown
Materials Pit 57-8-S	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Burn Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit 57-7-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Materials Pit 58-36-F	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Materials Pit 58-37-F	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Materials Pit 58-38-F	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Materials Pit 59-94-F	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Perez Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Sedimentary
Unnamed Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Mesilla	0.9 miles	15
Mesilla Park	1.3 miles	15
San Pablo	1.3 miles	14
Tortugas	1.8 miles	15
University Park	2.1 miles	15
Las Cruces	3.3 miles	15
Fairacres	4.2 miles	15
Picacho	5.3 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 889182. 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.