University Park, New Mexico
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Las Cruces census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88001. It stands on Tortugas Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Las Cruces quadrangle. 3,007 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,914 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresUniversity Park fell from 4,192 to 3,007 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 | 4,192 | |
| 2020 | 3,007 | -1,185 (-28%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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 Las Cruces quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of University Park between 1995 and 2020, burning about 101 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 May 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LEVEE |
| 18 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.5 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | DEL RIO |
| 12 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DAM FIRE |
| 3 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Socorro District | FOG |
| 14 April 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | MESILLA |
| 14 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | GLASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of University Park: 10 past producers, 7 unknowns, 6 producers, 3 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Alturas Estates Wells | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Hoffer Mn Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Manganese No | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Materials Pit 57-8-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 60-46-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Limestone | |
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Limestone | |
| Jones | Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | ||
| Jones and Santiago Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Santiago | Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names University Park in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 4 flash flood, 3 hail. 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 2025 | Flash Flood | University Park | - | A water rescue was reported at Dripping Springs Road and Camino Bonito. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | University Park | - | Social media video showed water running over Dripping Springs Road. |
| October 2022 | Flash Flood | University Park | - | A video was taken at the intersection of Superstition Drive and Remington Road showing flash flooding occurring. Small hail was also falling in the area. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | University Park | - | A truck needed to be rescued from flooded roads in Talavera. |
| May 2016 | Hail | University Park | - | Quarter sized hail was completely covering the ground. |
| November 2016 | Hail | University Park | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | University Park | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesilla Park | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Tortugas | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Four Points | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Las Cruces | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| San Pablo | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Mesilla | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Fairacres | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| San Ysidro | 5.6 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 University Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2460069 | 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 919985. 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.








