BlockNew Horse Springs, New Mexico
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Quemado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87821. It stands on Alamocito Creek. The Survey maps it on the Horse Mountain West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1918 USGS Pelona quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Horse Mountain West quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Tularosa Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Horse Mountain West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of New Horse Springs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,236 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2000 | Natural | 10 acres | Gila National Forest | QUARTER |
| 14 August 1992 | Natural | 10 acres | Gila National Forest | not named |
| 1 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | JACKALOPE |
| 17 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BOSQUET |
| 8 June 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | AZTEC |
| 8 June 1996 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | HORSE |
| 5 June 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | CELSO |
| 28 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PATTERSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Horse Springs | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Fullerton (historical) | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Greens Gap | 12.0 miles | 11 | |
| Gutierrezville | 16.8 miles | 7 | |
| Mangas | 17.4 miles | 10 | |
| Aragon | 18.8 miles | 14 | |
| Datil | 23.7 miles | 8 | |
| Apache Creek | 24.0 miles | 13 |
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 Q22083537 | 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 897532. 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.