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.
Population over time
2 figuresRadium 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,699 | |
| 2020 | 1,498 | -201 (-12%) |
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.
- 1916 USGS Tonuco quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Tonuco quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS San Diego Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Selden Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS White Sands quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Selden Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 1994 | Natural | 10 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | RIBLADOS |
| 2 July 1993 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | RADIUM RR |
| 29 June 1994 | Natural | 25 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | CEDERVILLE |
| 15 June 1994 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | DONA ANA |
| 9 May 1992 | Natural | 12 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | LOOKOUT PK |
| 7 May 1993 | Smoking | 6.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | SELDON |
| 12 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 1 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.3 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | RADIUM SPRINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Canyon | Zeolites | Occurrence | Clinoptilolite | |
| Garcia | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Hust | Manganese, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Garcia | Manganese | Occurrence | Pyrolusite, Wad | |
| Hust | Manganese | Past Producer | 1958 | |
| Iron Mask Claims | Manganese | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Materials Pit 63-3-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 65-5-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | Limestone | |
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Limestone |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Selden | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Leasburg | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Hill | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Tonuco | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Doña Ana | 9.8 miles | 15 | |
| San Ysidro | 12.1 miles | 15 | |
| Picacho | 12.9 miles | 15 | |
| Picacho Hills | 13.3 miles | 15 |
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 Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1921387 | 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 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.







