BlockPoint of Sands, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Alamogordo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88310. The Survey maps it on the Foster Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1916 USGS Point Of Sands quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Tres Hermanos quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Tres Hermanos NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Foster Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS White Sands quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Point of Sands: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garton Well | Geothermal | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monista (historical) | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Valmont | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Boles Acres | 11.9 miles | 13 | |
| Dunes | 11.9 miles | 9 | |
| Dog Canyon Estates | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Omlee | 13.4 miles | 13 | |
| Alamogordo | 16.3 miles | 12 | |
| Kearney | 19.5 miles | 12 |
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 Q122563206 | 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 899855. 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.
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.