Spaceport City, New Mexico
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It lies in ZIP code area 88012. It lies near Baylor Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Organ Peak NW quadrangle. It stands 4,475 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1891 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Organ Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Organ Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Organ Peak NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Organ Peak NW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Spaceport City between 1993 and 2020, burning about 404 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | RED HAWK |
| 3 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | ROCK |
| 7 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | JORNADA |
| 3 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 278 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | JORNADA |
| 20 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | PIPELINE |
| 18 June 2015 | Natural | 26 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | JORNADA |
| 12 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | MESA GRANDE |
| 30 May 2001 | Firearms and explosives use | 1.5 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | POWERLINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Spaceport City: 5 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Dagger Flat Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Malachite | |
| Modoc Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Organ District | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold | Past Producer | 1847 | |
| Stephenson-Bennett Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1847, 1934 | |
| Stevenson - Bennett | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Rhyolite Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | Rhyolite | |
| Certified Sand Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Highway 70 Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand and Gravel | |
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand and Gravel |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Modoc (historical) | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Doña Ana | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| San Ysidro | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Las Cruces | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Boyd | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| University Park | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Hill | 9.3 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.
| Wikidata item Q122567633 | 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 1805267. 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.








