Lovelace, New Mexico

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Carrizozo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88301. The Survey maps it on the Broken Back Crater quadrangle.

Lovelace within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1918 USGS Oscura Peak quadrangle1:125000
1948 USGS Broken Back Crater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Broken Back Crater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Oscura Mountains quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

5 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Lovelace between 1994 and 2018, burning about 183 acres in total. 2 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	3
Natural	2

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
1 August 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	REDHILL
14 July 2014	Natural	under an acre	Socorro Field Office	N1
12 June 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	31 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	TRESPASS
1 June 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Socorro Field Office	BLACK HILLS
30 May 2000	Natural	150 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	FRETTEM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Carrizozo

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lovelace: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Black Hills Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Sedimentary
Mex-Tex Group	Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence
Name Unknown Scoria Deposit	Volcanic Materials	Producer	Scoria

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Robsart	11.3 miles	14
Coyote	11.9 miles	12
Carrizozo	12.3 miles	14
Polly	14.0 miles	14
Manchester (historical)	15.7 miles	14
Largo	16.2 miles	11
White Oaks	16.2 miles	15
Cooper	17.6 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898671. 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.