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South Spring Acres, New Mexico

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Roswell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88203. The Survey maps it on the South Spring quadrangle.

South Spring Acres within Chaves County

On record in South Spring Acres

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of South Spring Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,224 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/undetermined36
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning8
Other causes1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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
29 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresBitter Lake National Wildlife RefugeSQUIRREL
1 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDARBY
9 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMONTOYA
5 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBitter Lake National Wildlife RefugeFIREWORKS
5 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBRASHER
4 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMIDWAY
26 July 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRONDO
1 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMONKSDALE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chaves County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of South Spring Acres: 7 unknowns, 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brasher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chaves County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer1991
Chaves County Road Dept. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer1992
Chaves Cty,Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
City of Roswell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Soil
Crusher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Chaves 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Fairbanks0.6 miles9
South Spring0.9 miles9
Mountain View2.0 miles9
East Grand Plains2.6 miles9
Midway3.9 miles9
Roswell4.0 miles10
Chisum6.7 miles9
Berrendo (historical)7.7 miles10

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 Q122553849The 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 899922. 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.