New Mexico Gazetteer
Poverty Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Sierra County. The primary coordinates for Poverty Creek places it within the NM 87943 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Poverty Creek |
| Category: | New Mexico physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Flows E for 8 mi, then SE, to join Schoolhouse Canyon at the head of Cuchillo Negro Creek, at Winston. |
| County: | Sierra County |
| Latitude: | 33.347292 |
| Longitude: | -107.6458702 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Poverty Creek: Poverty Creek.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Poverty Creek does not include property ownership information.
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Chloride, NM
(1.9 miles WSW) Chise, NM (6 miles SSE) Grafton, NM (8.2 miles NW) Monticello, NM (11.8 miles ENE) Placitas, NM (12.5 miles E) |
Hermosa, NM
(14 miles SSW) La Petra, NM (14.3 miles ENE) Cuchillo, NM (18.2 miles ESE) Dusty, NM (19.4 miles N) Dusty, NM (19.4 miles N) |
