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Science In Your Backyard: New Mexico

New Mexico

  • New Mexico Water Science Center
    dc_nm@usgs.gov
    USGS Building
    5338 Montgomery, NE
    Suite 400 (for the District Office)
    Suite 300 (for the Albuquerque Field Office)
    Albuquerque, NM 87109-1311
    Phone: (505) 830-7900
    Fax: (505) 830-7998
    Office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mountain Time

  • National Spatial Data Infrastructure Partnership Office (Liason for: NM)
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Rocky Mountain Mapping Center
    Box 25046, Denver Federal Center
    Denver, CO 80225
    Phone: (303) 202-4451

  • New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
    Email: coopunit@nmsu.edu
    Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences
    P. O. Box 30003 MSC 4901
    Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-0003
    Phone: 505-646-6053
    Fax: 505-646-1281


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New Mexico State Facts

Image of New Mexico with a star pinpointing the location of the capital.
Locations on image are approximate


Capital: Santa Fe(Star shaped icon located on map pinpointing capital.)
Land Area: 121,356 sq. miles
(source: 2003 Census)
Population: 1,874,614
(source: 2003 Census estimate)
Counties: 33
(source: National Association of Counties)
Highest Point:
Wheeler Peak at 13,161 feet, located in the county/subdivision of Taos
(source: U.S. Geological Survey)
Lowest Point:
Red Bluff Reservoir at 2,842 feet, located in the county/subdivision of Eddy
(source: U.S. Geological Survey)
Geographic Center:
Located in Torrance County approx. 12 miles south-southwest of Willard
(source: U.S. Geological Survey)

 

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