BlockSpalding, New Mexico
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Deming North census division. The Survey maps it on the Spalding quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1899 USGS Deming quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Deming quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spalding quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Deming quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Spalding between 1992 and 2012, burning about 2,243 acres in total. 6 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 1992 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Gila National Forest | not named |
| 10 July 1992 | Natural | 155 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | CULP PEAK |
| 29 June 2007 | Natural | 446 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 20 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CATFISH |
| 16 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | COUNTY LINE |
| 15 June 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | FT. SELDON |
| 14 May 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 71 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LAMPBRIGHT |
| 1 May 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DIAZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Spalding: 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 58-51-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 78-42-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mimbres Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spalding in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Spalding | $20,000 | Numerous roads were flooded throughout central Luna County according to the Luna County Road Department. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Spalding | - | Over four inches of rain fell east of Highway 180 and flowed east, overtopping the highway between mileposts 150 and 152. Flooding caused erosion of the eastern half of the highway. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920710. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.