Myndus, New Mexico

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Deming North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88030. The Survey maps it on the Myndus quadrangle.

Myndus within Luna County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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.

1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Myndus quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Deming quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Myndus between 1992 and 2014, burning about 301 acres in total. 1 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	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Arson/incendiarism	1
Natural	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
17 September 1992	Natural	175 acres	Las Cruces Field Office	CARNE
9 July 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	AKELA
21 June 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	CORRAL
20 June 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	AKELA
18 May 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	122 acres	Las Cruces Field Office	549
18 May 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named
15 May 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	104
15 March 1996	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Las Cruces Field Office	RUSTY CUP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Luna County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Myndus: 8 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit 65-8-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Sand and Gravel Prospect	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Sand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Luna 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
Akela	2.9 miles	7
Carne	6.4 miles	15
Cambray	7.8 miles	7
Mirage	11.8 miles	15
Florida	12.5 miles	13
Mountain View	15.7 miles	14
Deming	16.0 miles	14
Sunshine	17.8 miles	14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122550461

The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920653. 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.