Mesilla Park, 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 88005. It stands on Tortugas Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Las Cruces quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 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
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Mesilla Park 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 | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Mesilla Park: 10 past producers, 7 unknowns, 6 producers, 3 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Alturas Estates Wells | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Hoffer Mn Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Manganese No | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Materials Pit 57-8-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 60-46-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Limestone | |
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Limestone | |
| Jones | Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | ||
| Jones and Santiago Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Santiago | Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown |
Storms near this place
9 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mesilla Park in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mesilla Park | - | Several large trees blown down on NMSU campus. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Mesilla Park | - | Flooding with debris was reported along Interstate 10 from mile post 145 to 151, Frontage 1035-Stern Road and Las Alturas Road. Roads had to be closed for a short while for cleanup. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Mesilla Park | - | Quarter sized hail was falling in sheets at the NMSU bookstore. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Mesilla Park | - | Half inch to dime size hail fell at the intersection of Carver Road and Turtle Creek Avenue. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mesilla Park | - | Three large trees were blown down on the NMSU campus at the married housing units. |
| October 2015 | Hail | Mesilla Park | - | Hail occurred at New Mexico State University. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Mesilla Park | - | New Mexico State University police reported a large amount of standing water making for hazardous travel on the eastbound lane of College between Knox and Union. |
| October 2015 | Hail | Mesilla Park | - | no account filed |
| October 2015 | Hail | Mesilla Park | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tortugas | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| University Park | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Four Points | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| San Pablo | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Mesilla | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Las Cruces | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Fairacres | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Picacho | 5.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899786. 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.








