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35-32520. GNIS feature ID. 2410771 [1] Website. www .hobbsnm .org. Hobbs is a city in Lea County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 40,508 at the 2020 census, [4] increasing from 34,122 in 2010. Hobbs is the principal city of the Hobbs, New Mexico micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Lea County.
Cannon Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base, located approximately 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Clovis, New Mexico. The host unit at Cannon is the 27th Special Operations Wing (27 SOW) also known as "The Steadfast Line". [2] It is under the jurisdiction of Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) which activated at the base on 1 ...
Designated NMSRCP. December 20, 1968. Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States Army at 5:29 a.m. MWT [a] (11:29:21 GMT) on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project . The test was of an implosion-design plutonium bomb, nicknamed the "gadget", of the same design as the Fat Man ...
38.740 mi [41] (62.346 km) State Road 122 ( NM 122) is a 38.740-mile-long (62.346 km) state highway in the US state of New Mexico. NM 122's western terminus is at Interstate 40 (I-40) west of Thoreau, and the eastern terminus is at I-40 in Grants. NM 122 follows the routing of the former Historic U.S. Route 66.
The Permian Basin is a large sedimentary basin in the southwestern part of the United States. It is the highest producing oil field in the United States, producing an average of 4.2 million barrels of crude oil per day in 2019. This sedimentary basin is located in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico. It is named after the Permian geologic ...
Geography of New Mexico. With a total area of 121,590 square miles (314,900 km 2 ), [1] New Mexico is the fifth-largest state, after Alaska, Texas, California, and Montana. Its eastern border lies along 103°W longitude with the state of Oklahoma, and 2.2 miles (3.5 kilometres) west of 103°W longitude with Texas (due to a 19th-century ...
The northern edge of the Llano Estacado in New Mexico. The Llano Estacado lies at the southern end of the Western High Plains ecoregion of the Great Plains of North America; it is part of what was once called the Great American Desert. The Canadian River forms the Llano's northern boundary, separating it from the rest of the High Plains.
Google Earth. Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles. Users can explore the globe by entering ...