HUDSPETH COUNTY
Hudspeth
County, in the Trans-Pecos region of far-western Texas, is
bordered by New Mexico to the north, the Mexican state of
Chihuahua to the south, El Paso County to the west, and
Culberson and Jeff Davis counties to the east. Sierra
Blanca, the county seat, is seventy miles southeast of El
Paso in south central Hudspeth County. The county's center
lies at approximately 31°32' north latitude and 105°28' west
longitude, about twenty-four miles northwest of Sierra
Blanca. Interstate Highway 10 and U.S. Highway 80 cross
southern Hudspeth County from east to west, and U.S.
highways 62 and 180 cross northern Hudspeth County from east
to west. The Missouri Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads
both enter southeastern Hudspeth County and meet at Sierra
Blanca, from which point the latter line continues west to
El Paso. The county covers 4,566 square miles of terrain in
the Rio Grande basin that varies from mountainous to nearly
level, with elevations ranging from 3,200 to 7,500 feet
above sea level. Soils in the lower elevations are alkaline
and loamy with clayey subsoils that overlie limestone in
some areas; thin and stony soils predominate in the
mountains, and along the Rio Grande clay and sandy loams
predominate. Vegetation includes short, sparse grasses,
creosote bush, scrub brush, mesquite, and cacti, with
juniper, live oak, and piñon at the higher elevations. Among
the minerals found in Hudspeth County are barite, beryllium,
coal, copper, fluorspar, gold, gypsum, lead, limestone,
mica, clay, salt, silver, talc, and zinc. The climate is
subtropical, arid, warm, and dry, with an average minimum
temperature of 29° in January and an average high
temperature of 94° in July. The growing season averages 230
days a year, and the average annual precipitation is less
than ten inches. Less than 1 percent of the land in Hudspeth
County is considered prime farmland.
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