Planeport, Texas
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the El Paso census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79904. The Survey maps it on the El Paso quadrangle.
On record in Planeport
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Fort Bliss National Cemeterylisted 2016 · 0.6 miles away- Mesa Pump Plantlisted 2009 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 21 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.
- 1896 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1908 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Fort Bliss quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:31680
- 1945 USGS Fort Bliss quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Planeport in 2000, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 January 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Chamizal National Monument | BERMUDA |
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 Planeport: 5 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) El Paso Refinery | Copper | Plant | ||
| Edgar Park Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| El Paso Quarry & Plant | Silica | Producer | ||
| McKelligon Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Southwestern Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Limestone, Rhyolite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Acres | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Britton Davis | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Aero Vista | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Del Norte Acres | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Mountain View | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Cielo Vista | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Mission Hills | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Coronado Hills | 4.9 miles | 18 |
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 Q122540152 | 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 1365381. 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.














