Jones City, New Mexico
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Eunice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88231. The Survey maps it on the Eunice quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Hobbs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Hobbs quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Eunice quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Jal quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Jones City between 1993 and 2018, burning about 2,729 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | OVERTON |
| 3 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ROADSIDE |
| 20 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PERMIAN #1 |
| 26 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TREATER |
| 6 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HARVEY |
| 5 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WARREN |
| 23 July 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Capitan District | HIGHWAY 18 |
| 2 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FIRECRACKER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Jones City: 19 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eunice Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| State Hwy Pit No. 59-107-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| State Hwy Pit No. 59-108-F | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| State Hwy Pit No. 59-113-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| State Hwy Pit No. 60-49-F | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| State Hwy Pit No. 73-10-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| State Hwy Pit No. 73-2-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Un. Grav Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Un. Grav. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Un. Grav. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jones City in 4 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 4 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Hail | Jones City | - | Public reports of quarter size hail near the Loves gas station on the east side of Eunice. Time is estimated from radar. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Jones City | - | A storm chaser reported half dollar sized hail along NM 176 near the state line. Time is estimated from radar. |
| November 2024 | Hail | Jones City | - | Pictures from a storm chaser on social media showed three-inch diameter hail. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Jones City | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eunice | 2.9 miles | 6 | |
| Oil Center | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Maypens | 7.7 miles | 6 | |
| Warren | 9.6 miles | 5 | |
| Nadine | 10.6 miles | 5 | |
| Monument | 12.9 miles | 5 | |
| Hobbs | 16.0 miles | 5 | |
| Arkansas Junction | 19.6 miles | 5 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899690. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.



