White Sands Ranch Explained

White Sands Ranch^[1] is a locale of private land in Otero County, New Mexico,^[2] near federal lands of the Tularosa Basin acquired during World War II. Located on the border of the White Sands Missile Range on census block 1168^[3] between Las Cruces and Alamogordo, the site is about 40miles northeast of the White Sands Census Designated Place.^[4] Part of the White Sands Ranchers of New Mexico vs. United States^[5] legal case denied additional Takings Clause remuneration,^[6] the ranch includes numerous buildings and a pond on Wsmr S Rt 250.

Notes and References

1. News: Decades Later, White Sands Ranchers Remain Bitter About Taking of Land With PM-Nuclear . . June 22, 1988 . August 16, 2013.
2. August 16, 2013.
3. Web site: 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Otero County, NM. 2023-10-27.
4. Google Maps
5. Web site: Congressional Reference to the United States Claims Court : Congressional Reference No. 2-84. | WorldCat.org.
6. Web site: pp..