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Leasburg, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Doña Ana-Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88007. It lies near Wagner Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Leasburg quadrangle.

Leasburg within Doña Ana County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Leasburg between 1992 and 2013, burning about 142 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural5
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
27 July 1994Natural10 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeRIBLADOS
2 June 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeDONA ANA
15 June 1994Smokingunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeMM 12
15 June 1994Smoking1.0 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeDONA ANA
9 May 1992Natural12 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeLOOKOUT PK
3 May 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeDONA ANA 1
3 May 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeDONA ANA 2
12 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Doña Ana County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Leasburg: 12 occurrences, 8 past producers, 6 producers, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Gold, Silver. 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
Foster CanyonZeolitesOccurrenceClinoptilolite
Hill PitStoneProducerSedimentary
Radium Springs Hotel WellGeothermalUnknown
Wager Canyon ProspectsGold, SilverOccurrenceGold, Silver
GillilandManganeseOccurrence
Gilliland ClaimsManganeseOccurrencePyrolusite, Wad
Piedra Blanca ClaimManganeseProspect1940
Piedra Blanca ClaimsManganeseOccurrence
Materials Pit 58-34-SStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Materials Pit 65-5-SStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Storms near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leasburg in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2016: 1 heavy rain, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2016HailLeasburg-Dime to 1 inch hail was reported around Leasburg.
August 2010Heavy RainLeasburg-Rainfall totals of up to 2.00 inches were reported in Radium Springs with several inches of standing water on streets and low lying areas.

Every storm recorded in Doña Ana 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
Hill2.4 miles15
Fort Selden2.6 miles16
Radium Springs4.0 miles12
Doña Ana5.8 miles15
San Ysidro8.1 miles15
Picacho9.1 miles15
Picacho Hills9.7 miles15
Fairacres10.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899717. 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.