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South Spring, New Mexico

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

South Spring within Chaves County

On record in South Spring

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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of South Spring between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,642 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined38
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking2
Natural2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
14 September 1992Natural2.0 acresRoswell Field OfficeWHEY
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chaves County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of South Spring: 8 unknowns, 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 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
Chaves County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer1991
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 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand 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
South Spring Acres0.9 miles9
Fairbanks1.4 miles9
East Grand Plains1.9 miles9
Mountain View2.7 miles9
Midway3.1 miles9
Roswell4.8 miles10
Chisum5.8 miles9
Berrendo (historical)8.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898601. 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.