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Radium Springs, New Mexico

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Hatch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87940. It lies near Hatch Valley. The Survey maps it on the Selden Canyon quadrangle. 1,498 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,973 feet above sea level.

Radium Springs within Doña Ana County

Population over time

2 figures

Radium Springs fell from 1,699 to 1,498 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,699
20201,498-201 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Radium Springs between 1992 and 2013, burning about 205 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined8
Natural6
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
27 July 1994Natural10 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeRIBLADOS
2 July 1993Fireworks1.0 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeRADIUM RR
29 June 1994Natural25 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeCEDERVILLE
15 June 1994Smoking1.0 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeDONA ANA
9 May 1992Natural12 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeLOOKOUT PK
7 May 1993Smoking6.0 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeSELDON
12 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
1 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.3 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeRADIUM SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Doña Ana County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Radium Springs: 9 occurrences, 8 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Foster CanyonZeolitesOccurrenceClinoptilolite
GarciaIronOccurrence
HustManganese, IronProspect
GarciaManganeseOccurrencePyrolusite, Wad
HustManganesePast Producer1958
Iron Mask ClaimsManganeseOccurrenceLimonite
Materials Pit 63-3-SStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Materials Pit 65-5-SStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceLimestone
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Fort Selden1.4 miles16
Leasburg4.0 miles16
Hill6.4 miles15
Tonuco7.2 miles12
Doña Ana9.8 miles15
San Ysidro12.1 miles15
Picacho12.9 miles15
Picacho Hills13.3 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on Radium SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1921387The 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 920671. 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.