Site
Site Name
Status/IRP#
Description
Map Reference
Other
Reference
OPERATIONAL RANGES
O-1
Combat
Arms Pistol
and Rifle
Range
KAFBOperational
The southeastern half of the outdoor
range is currently used for 9 mm
pistol and 5.56 mm M-16 rifle
training and qualification. The range
includes an earthen backstop and a
300-yard firing fan.
Kirtland AFB – Areas of Exclusion & Concurrent Jurisdiction – Kirtland West –
Base Area (West), Sheet1/4, Plate 1, July 1972.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1, 30 Sept 1980.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Airfield and Airspace Criteria
(Man Made Obstructions) – Kirtland AFB West, Tab E-3, Sheet 1 of 2, 30 March
1990.
Location Map of Munitions Ranges, Munitions Storage Locations, and Recycling
Operations Kirtland AFB – IT Project Number:802760.02.01.00.00/B4, 4/18/00.
Air Force Material command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits – Kirtland
AFB, CP NO D-8, Sheet 2 of 3, May 2000.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 1 of 3, July 2001.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 2 of 3, July 2001.
O-2
Security
Police
Training
Area
KAFBOperational
Area along northern and central
portions of Munition Haul Road.
Military munitions use in this area
includes small arms blanks, smoke
grenades and GBSs.
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map, 10-201 at
Kirtland AFB, 9/05/97, (SNL GIS ORG.6626; irpcomb3.aml).
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map at Kirtland AFB
as of May 21, 1999, 9/13/99, (SNL GIS ORG.6804; irpcomb3.aml).
Location Map of Munitions Ranges, Munitions Storage Locations, and Recycling
Operations Kirtland AFB – IT Project Number:802760.02.01.00.00/B4, 4/18/00.
O-3
Chestnut
Site
KAFBOperational
(XU-98)
Test range located south of the DOE
Area in the Southwest region of
Kirtland AFB, east of the McCormick
Ranch. This area was shown to
have a circular 1350-ft IBD in 1988.
It is currently shown as an irregular
4133-ft IBD on a 2001map. There
were 40-lbs of TNT found in this area
in 2000.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits & Convoy
Routes – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1.1A, Sheet 1 of 3, 30 September 1988.
EOD
Report
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map at Kirtland AFB
as of May 21, 1999, 9/13/99, (SNL GIS ORG.6804; irpcomb3.aml).
(15 Jun 00)
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB,
Tab C-1, Sheet 2 of 30, 01 March 2000.
Location Map of Munitions Ranges, Munitions Storage Locations, and Recycling
Operations Kirtland AFB – IT Project Number:802760.02.01.00.00/B4, 4/18/00.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 1 of 3, July 2001.
O-4
Shock Tube
(AKA: Blast
Tunnel)
KAFBOperational
Test range located south of the DOE
Area in the Southwest region of
Kirtland AFB, east of the Chestnut
Site. This area was shown to have a
circular 5,000-ft IBD on 1988 & 2001
Air Force Systems Command – Land Map – Kirtland AFB, Sheet 2 of 2, 01 Jan
64.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab
C-1, Sheet 2 of 12, 30 Sept 88.
Site
Site Name
Status/IRP#
Description
maps.
Map Reference
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits & Convoy
Routes – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1.1A, Sheet 1 of 3, 30 September 1988.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB,
Tab C-1, Sheet 2 of 30, 01 March 2000.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 1 of 3, July 2001.
Map, Undated/Unnamed-2.
O-5
Base Field
Training
Area
KAFBOperational
Square shaped training area located
south of the Bazooka Training Area
and north of the EOD Range. Use is
unknown.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB,
Tab C-1, Sheet 2 of 30, 01 March 2000.
O-6
Blast OverPressure
Site
KAFBOperational
Test range with an irregular 1250-ft
IBD. Use is unknown.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab
C-1, Sheet 2 of 12, 30 Sept 88.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits & Convoy
Routes – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1.1A, Sheet 1 of 3, 30 September 1988.
Location Map of Munitions Ranges, Munitions Storage Locations, and Recycling
Operations Kirtland AFB – IT Project Number:802760.02.01.00.00/B4, 4/18/00.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB,
Tab C-1, Sheet 2 of 30, 01 March 2000.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 1 of 3, July 2001.
O-7
GRABS Site
KAFBOperational
Test Range with a 1250-ft IBD
according to 1988 & 1976 maps,
however, it is shown with a 3280-ft
IBD on a 2001 map. Use is
unknown.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1of 3, 01 Jan 1976.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1, 30 Sept 1980.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab
C-1, Sheet 2 of 12, 30 Sept 88.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits & Convoy
Routes – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1.1A, Sheet 1 of 3, 30 September 1988.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 1 of 3, July 2001.
O-8
EOD Range
(OT-29)
KAFBOperational
2500-ft IBD (1976). 3750-ft IBD
(1988). The EOD range is in the
south-central part of KAFB. It is used
for open detonation of munitions and
explosives. It has an established
Inhabited Building Distance (IBD) of
3630-ft (2001) and an explosive limit
of 1355 lbs. of class 1.1 explosives.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1, 30 Sept 1980.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab
C-1, Sheet 2 of 12, 30 Sept 88.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits & Convoy
Routes – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1.1A, Sheet 1 of 3, 30 September 1988.
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map, 10-201 at
Kirtland AFB, 9/05/97, (SNL GIS ORG.6626; irpcomb3.aml).
Other
Reference
Site
Site Name
Status/IRP#
Description
Map Reference
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map at Kirtland AFB
as of May 21, 1999, 9/13/99, (SNL GIS ORG.6804; irpcomb3.aml).
Location Map of Munitions Ranges, Munitions Storage Locations, and Recycling
Operations Kirtland AFB – IT Project Number:802760.02.01.00.00/B4, 4/18/00.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1 of 3, 01 Jan 1976. Air Force Material Command,
Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1, Sheet 2 of 30, 01
March 2000.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 1 of 3, July 2001.
O-9
O-10
Special
Operations
Training
Area
KAFBOperational
M-60 Firing
Range
KAFBOperational
Training area with day and night
compass courses. Area extends
from the northern boundary to the
southern boundary of Kirtland AFB
and lies predominantly along the
eastern boundary.
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map, 10-201 at
Kirtland AFB, 9/05/97, (SNL GIS ORG.6626; irpcomb3.aml).
5.56 and 7.62mm machinegun
training and qualification range
located in the southeastern region of
Kirtland AFB. This range is currently
shown to extend across the southern
base property line, however,
weapons safety personnel are
coordinating with security forces to
GPS the correct coordinates. Other
items used on this range include 40
mm TP rounds and sub-caliber LAU
rockets.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1 of 3, 01 Jan 1976.
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map at Kirtland AFB
as of May 21, 1999, 9/13/99, (SNL GIS ORG.6804; irpcomb3.aml).
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1, 30 Sept 1980.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab
C-1, Sheet 2 of 12, 30 Sept 88.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits & Convoy
Routes – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1.1A, Sheet 1 of 3, 30 September 1988.
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map, 10-201 at
Kirtland AFB, 9/05/97, (SNL GIS ORG.6626; irpcomb3.aml).
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map at Kirtland AFB
as of May 21, 1999, 9/13/99, (SNL GIS ORG.6804; irpcomb3.aml).
Location Map of Munitions Ranges, Munitions Storage Locations, and Recycling
Operations Kirtland AFB – IT Project Number:802760.02.01.00.00/B4, 4/18/00.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB,
Tab C-1, Sheet 2 of 30, 01 March 2000.
Map, Undated/Unnamed-2, Kirtland AFB.
O-11
No Sweat
Boulevard
KAFBOperational
Convoy training area in the northern
DOE controlled area on the northeast
part of Kirtland AFB. Munitions use
is unknown.
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map, 10-201 at
Kirtland AFB, 9/05/97, (SNL GIS ORG.6626; irpcomb3.aml).
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map at Kirtland AFB
Other
Reference
Site
Site Name
Status/IRP#
Description
Map Reference
as of May 21, 1999, 9/13/99, (SNL GIS ORG.6804; irpcomb3.aml).
O-12
Burn Site
DOEOperational
Test facility with a 10,000-ft IBD.
Use is unknown.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1 of 3, 01 Jan 1976.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1, 30 Sept 1980.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab
C-1, Sheet 2 of 12, 30 Sept 88.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits & Convoy
Routes – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1.1A, Sheet 1 of 3, 30 September 1988.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB,
Tab C-1, Sheet 2 of 30, 01 March 2000.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 1 of 3, July 2001.
Map, Undated/Unnamed-1, Kirtland AFB.
Map, Undated/Unnamed-2.
O-13
New Cable
Site
DOEOperational
Test facility 3,000-ft IBD. Use is
unknown.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1 of 3, 01 Jan 1976.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab
C-1, Sheet 2 of 12, 30 Sept 88.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits & Convoy
Routes – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1.1A, Sheet 1 of 3, 30 September 1988.
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map, 10-201 at
Kirtland AFB, 9/05/97, (SNL GIS ORG.6626; irpcomb3.aml).
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map at Kirtland AFB
as of May 21, 1999, 9/13/99, (SNL GIS ORG.6804; irpcomb3.aml).
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB,
Tab C-1, Sheet 2 of 30, 01 March 2000.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 1 of 3, July 2001.
Map, Undated/Unnamed-2, Kirtland AFB.
O-14
ElectroExplosives
Facility
DOEOperational
Test facility with a 5,000-ft IBD. Use
is unknown.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1 of 3, 01 Jan 1976.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab
C-1, Sheet 2 of 12, 30 Sept 88.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits & Convoy
Routes – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1.1A, Sheet 1 of 3, 30 September 1988.
Other
Reference
Site
Site Name
Status/IRP#
Description
Map Reference
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB,
Tab C-1, Sheet 2 of 30, 01 March 2000.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 1 of 3, July 2001.
Map, Undated/Unnamed-1, Kirtland AFB.
Map, Undated/Unnamed-2, Kirtland AFB.
O-15
Sled Track
DOEOperational
Triangular fan also having a 1250-ft
IBD extending southward around the
northern portion of the track.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits & Convoy
Routes – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1.1A, Sheet 1 of 3, 30 September 1988.
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map at Kirtland AFB
as of May 21, 1999, 9/13/99, (SNL GIS ORG.6804; irpcomb3.aml).
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB,
Tab C-1, Sheet 2 of 30, 01 March 2000.
O-16
Live Fire
Ranges
DOEOperational
Small arms range complex located
north of Pistol Range H-38 and
originating in the Impact Area H-29.
The firing fan expands to the
northeast. Munitions used include
.38 caliber, 5.56mm and 7.62mm.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1, 30 Sept 1980.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB,
Tab C-1, Sheet 2 of 30, 01 March 2000.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab
C-1, Sheet 2 of 12, 30 Sept 88.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits & Convoy
Routes – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1.1A, Sheet 1 of 3, 30 September 1988.
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map, 10-201 at
Kirtland AFB, 9/05/97, (SNL GIS ORG.6626; irpcomb3.aml).
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map at Kirtland AFB
as of May 21, 1999, 9/13/99, (SNL GIS ORG.6804; irpcomb3.aml).
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 1 of 3, July 2001.
0-17
High Energy
Research
Test Facility
(HERTF)
(AKA: High
Explosive
Test Site)
DOEOperational
Test facility with an 8,000-ft IBD
according to an Undated-1 map,
however, a 1250-ft hazard zone with
a 4000-ft IBD is shown on a 1999
map.
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map at Kirtland AFB
as of May 21, 1999, 9/13/99, (SNL GIS ORG.6804; irpcomb3.aml).
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB,
Tab C-1, Sheet 2 of 30, 01 March 2000.
Location Map of Munitions Ranges, Munitions Storage Locations, and Recycling
Operations Kirtland AFB – IT Project Number:802760.02.01.00.00/B4, 4/18/00.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 1 of 3, July 2001.
Other
Reference
Site
Site Name
Status/IRP#
Description
Map Reference
Other
Reference
Map, Undated/Unnamed-1, Kirtland AFB.
O-18
O-19
Explosive
Impact Area
Prime Beef
Site
Unknown
KAFB –
Operational
Large area along the southern
Border of Kirtland AFB. Use
unknown. This area is currently
delineated on maps produced by
SNL, however, it was not indicated to
have been an operational range by
Kirtland AFB weapons safety. The
status of this area needs to be
confirmed, otherwise it falls entirely
within the Proximity Fuze Range (H22).
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map, 10-201 at
Kirtland AFB, 9/05/97, (SNL GIS ORG.6626; irpcomb3.aml).
Training area south of the
abandoned airstripin the southcentral region of the base and north
of Coyote Canyon Road. Ordnance
use includes small arms blanks,
GBSs and smoke grenades.
None (Area delineated according to interviewee’s description.).
World War II era skeet range on west
side of ordnance storage area south
of east-west runway.
Kirtland Field Record Drawings – Reservation Map – File: AA-CR2-8/4, March
1943.
World War II era pistol range on west
side of ordnance storage area south
of east-west runway.
Kirtland Field Record Drawings – Reservation Map – File: AA-CR2-8/4, March
1943.
This site was used to unload aircraft
weapons misfires. Located east of
ordnance area south of east-west
runways. These areas have also
historically been used for aircraft
machine gun maintenance.
Kirtland Field Record Drawings – Reservation Map – File: AA-CR2-8/4, March
1943.
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map at Kirtland AFB
as of May 21, 1999, 9/13/99, (SNL GIS ORG.6804; irpcomb3.aml).
(13 Aug 01)
HISTORICAL RANGE AREAS
H-1
H-2
H-3
Airfield Skeet
Range
Airfield Pistol
Range
Firing-in
abutment
Closed
Closed
Closed
Personnel
Interview
with Mr.
Perry
Mitchell
Kirtland Field Record Drawings – Target Ranges and Ordnance Area – File: AACR2-8/7, April 1944.
Kirtland Field Record Drawings – Target Ranges and Ordnance Area – File: AACR2-8/7, April 1944.
Kirtland Field Record Drawings – Target Ranges and Ordnance Area – File: AACR2-8/7, April 1944.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Airfield and Airspace Criteria
(Man Made Obstructions) – Kirtland AFB West, Tab E-3, Sheet 1 of 2, 30 March
1990.
H-4
Small Arms
Range and
adjacent
Indoor
Range
Closed
Pistol and rifle ranges at building
707. The northern half of the outdoor
range is closed. Building 707 is a
closed indoor small arms range.
Kirtland AFB – Base Area West (Dwg. CES-__, 1 of 4, July 1992)
H-5
Skeet Range
Closed
Small arms range (probably skeet)
approximately 750 ft. east of building
709. Fan shape and direction are
unknown.
Kirtland AFB – Areas of Exclusion & Concurrent Jurisdiction – Kirtland West –
Base Area (West), Sheet1/4, Plate 1, July 1972.
Air Force Material command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits – Kirtland
Site
Site Name
Status/IRP#
Description
Map Reference
AFB, CP NO D-8, Sheet 2 of 3, May 2000.
H-6
Small Arms
Range
Closed
Small arms range off of Southgate
Rd. at south end of Runway 30
adjacent to fence line. Age and
period of use unknown. Fan direction
and size are also unknown.
Kirtland AFB – Areas of Exclusion & Concurrent Jurisdiction – Kirtland West –
Base Area (West), Sheet1/4, Plate 1, July 1972.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Airfield and Airspace Criteria
(Man Made Obstructions) – Kirtland AFB West, Tab E-3, Sheet 1 of 2, 30 March
1990.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 2 of 3, July 2001.
H-7
Explosive
Disposal
Area
Closed
Former explosive disposal area
adjacent to the KAFB reservation
boundary and south of 26000 Igloo
Area. Current fence line passes
through this area. Types of
explosives disposed of in this area
are unknown. Method of disposal is
also unknown.
Kirtland AFB – Areas of Exclusion & Concurrent Jurisdiction – Kirtland West –
Base Area (West), Sheet1/4, Plate 1, July 1972.
H-8
Rifle Range
Closed
Rifle range with the firing line located
approximately where West Ordnance
Rd. intersects the Tow Rd. and Pad 5
access road. The range had a 4,000
yd. safety fan pointed south. Fan is
shown in two forms, indicating that
range size or arms used may have
varied over time.
AAF Convalescent Center Record Drawings – Reservation Map – November
1943.
Sandia Base - Rifle, Pistol, and Submachine Gun Ranges - Dwg. AM-CR2-7/32,
March 1944.
Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, Sandia Base – Real Estate Map –
Drawing Number: SP-M-3, 1948.
Sandia Base - Conveyance of Land Under FAA – File Number: SP-RE-KAFBLE/19, 15 May 1967.
H-9
Skeet Range
Closed
Skeet range between Pennsylvania
Ave. and Ordnance Rd. near the
HPD facility. This range is from the
World War II and post-WWII era.
Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, Sandia Base – Real Estate Map –
Drawing Number: SP-M-3, 1948.
H-10
Sub-machine
Gun Range
Closed
WWII era submachine gun range colocated with the rifle range of site 8.
Fan is wide and has a 1,600 yd.
extent to south.
AAF Convalescent Center Record Drawings – Reservation Map – November
1943.
WWII era pistol range co-located with
the rifle range described for site H-8.
Fan points south and is entirely
within the fan of the rifle range.
AAF Convalescent Center Record Drawings – Reservation Map – November
1943.
Large fan from gun site location in
DOE Tech. Area III. Fan extends
west from gun site location south of
DOE Fac. 9950. Much of the fan is
outside KAFB property. The types of
guns and munitions used at this site
have not been determined. The dates
US Atomic Energy Commission, Sandia Base – Planimetric Map of Area III and
Portions of Coyote Test Field – Drawing Number:83965, Sheet 1 of 1, 11 Oct 63.
H-11
H-12
Pistol Range
Gun Site Fan
Closed
Closed
Sandia Base - Rifle, Pistol, and Submachine Gun Ranges - Dwg. AM-CR2-7/32,
March 1944.
Sandia Base - Rifle, Pistol, and Submachine Gun Ranges - Dwg. AM-CR2-7/32,
March 1944.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab
C-1, Sheet 2 of 12, 30 Sept 88.
Sandia National Laboratories Environmental Restoration Sites and UXO Areas
Other
Reference
Site
Site Name
Status/IRP#
Description
of use and status of this fan are
unknown.
Map Reference
Other
Reference
- Dwg. SA-CHK-Draft-1 07/94, July 1994.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB,
Tab C-1, Sheet 2 of 30, 01 March 2000.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 1 of 3, July 2001.
Map, Undated/Unnamed-2, Kirtland AFB
H-13
H-14
Arroyo del
Coyote
Demolition
Area
Closed
WWII Pistol
Range
Closed
(DP-101)
Former demolition area in Arroyo del
Coyote off Pennsylvania Ave south of
the 28000 Igloo Area. Processes and
period of use are unknown.
Sandia Base – Reservation Layout: Blast Centers and S. C. Facilities – File
Number: SP-RL-BC-/1, Plate Number 1, 20 Feb 1962.
Abandoned WWII era pistol range on
west side of Pennsylvania Ave. near
the VPD facility. Fan is oriented SW
and is almost entirely contained in
the site 8 rifle range fan.
Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, Sandia Base – Real Estate Map –
Drawing Number: SP-M-3, 1948.
Sandia Base - Conveyance of Land Under FAA – File Number: SP-RE-KAFBLE/19, 15 May 1967.
Map, Undated/Unnamed-1, Kirtland AFB.
H-15
Skeet Range
Closed
SWMU-83
Skeet range off Pennsylvania Ave.
near Landfill Road. This site has
been remediated under the IRP as
SWMU 83. SWMU was listed for lead
contamination from shot.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab
C-1, Sheet 2 of 12, 30 Sept 88.
Air Force Material command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits – Kirtland
AFB, CP NO D-8, Sheet 2 of 3, May 2000.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 2 of 3, July 2001.
Map, Undated/Unnamed-1, Kirtland AFB Map.
Map, Undated/Unnamed-2, Kirtland AFB.
H-16
Rifle Range
Closed
Abandoned rifle range near Well No.
11. Appears on one map; age, use,
and period of use are unknown.
Map, Unnamed/Undated-1, Kirtland AFB Map.
H-17
Rifle Range
Closed
Rifle range co-located with site 8.
Extends 5,000 yards SSE to
northwest corner of DOE Technical
Area III. Period of use and weapons
used are not known.
Map, Unnamed/Undated-1, Kirtland AFB Map.
H-18
Coyote
Canyon
Technical
Site (AKA:
Shock
Simulation
Development
Facility)
Closed
Site with a 3000-ft IBD (Undated
Map-1). Located west of the
Manzano Area and north of Coyote
Canyon and Coyote Springs.
Apparently used for explosive testing
in the 1950s. Site contains some
blast shelters and pads. Current
status is unknown. White
phosphorous canisters were found at
Sandia Base – Coyote Canyon Tech. Site (Real Estate SH-40, Feb. 1953)
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1, 30 Sept 1980.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab
C-1, Sheet 2 of 12, 30 Sept 88.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits & Convoy
Routes – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1.1A, Sheet 1 of 3, 30 September 1988.
Mike Young
SNL - Env.
Restoration
Site
Site Name
Status/IRP#
Description
Site 58, Coyote Canyon.
Map Reference
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 1 of 3, July 2001.
Map, Undated/Unnamed-2, Kirtland AFB.
H-19
Ordnance
Drop Zone
Closed
Designated ordnance drop zone. No
information available.
Air Force Systems Command – Land Map – Kirtland AFB, Sheet 2 of 2, 01 Jan
64.
Kirtland AFB Base Map for the SNL/KAFB Ordnance Areas (GIS Sept. 1983)
Map, Undated/Unnamed-1, Kirtland AFB.
H-20
H-21
H-22
Manzano
Combat
Zone
Closed
Combat training range located on NE
side of Manzano Area. Small arms,
smoke grenades, flares, 75 mm
dummy projectiles, and pyrotechnic
residues known to be on surface.
Kirtland AFB Base Map for the SNL/KAFB Ordnance Areas (GIS Sept. 1983)
Tijeras
Mortar
Range
Closed
Suspected abandoned mortar and
grenade range in Tijeras Arroyo
adjacent to 28000 Ordnance Igloo
Area. Surface exposures of small
arms residue, and mOortar and
grenade fragments and UXO.
Shown as “Storage Area” on map
from 1950.
Sandia Base – Reservation Layout, Sandia & Kirtland Bases, Study of Proposed
Aircraft Runway Extension – File Number: SP-RL/, Plate 1 of 1, 12 Nov 1950.
Proximity
Fuze Range
Closed
Very large fan extending east from a
gun site near intersection of Lovelace
and Target Road. This range was
used during WWII to test proximity
fuses on 5” navy rockets. The range
is littered with UXO and inerts. Triple
A Hill is heavily littered with live
ordnance, mainly from shorts or
antiaircraft fire. Additional ordnance
(see DOE-SNL/ER list, Sites 6 and 7)
include 5 in. shells, 75 mm ballistic
shells, 105 mm and 155 mm dummy
rounds, high explosive rounds, 5 in.
rocket assisted projectiles, and
hundreds of fuzes, many live. The
AAA Hill and Proio Valley have the
“...highest concentration of ordnance
per acre on base.”
Kirtland AFB Base Map for the SNL/KAFB Ordnance Areas (GIS Sept. 1983)
Closed
Range area delineated near the
intersection of Coyote Springs Rd.
and Test Site Road. Site contains
small arms residue and expended
smoke grenades on surface. Some
81 mm mortar and 3.5 in. training
rounds were found in past. Currently
no known surface hazards, but may
Sandia Base New Deal Mining Claims (Dwg. SP-RL-NDMC/1, July 1960)
(XU-92)
(XU-93)
(AKA:
Workman
Site, Owen
Site.)
H-23
Bazooka
Training
Area
Kirtland AFB Base Map for the SNL/KAFB Ordnance Areas (GIS Sept. 1983)
Other
Reference
Site
Site Name
Status/IRP#
Description
Map Reference
Other
Reference
be some subsurface ordnance.
H-24
Old Cable
Site
Closed
Test range with a 4,000-ft IBD. This
site was formerly a projectile impact
area, and EOD has responded to
destroy live 5” shells and fuzes at the
site. There were 40 concrete filled
“M67” projectiles with burned out
tracer elements in fuze bodies
(similar to M91 fuzes) found in this
area in 2001.
Sandia Base New Deal Mining Claims (Dwg. SP-RL-NDMC/1, July 1960).
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1 of 3, 01 Jan 1976.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab
C-1, Sheet 2 of 12, 30 Sept 88.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits & Convoy
Routes – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1.1A, Sheet 1 of 3, 30 September 1988.
Map, Undated/Unnamed-2, Kirtland AFB.
Map, Undated/Unnamed-1, Kirtland AFB.
H-25
Closed
Site straddles Mt. Washington Rd.
south of the Old Cable Site. TNT,
tetryl, and 81 mm mortar rounds
present on the surface. Explosives
are crystallized and very dangerous.
Purpose of site is not known.
Sandia Base New Deal Mining Claims (Dwg. SP-RL-NDMC/1, July 1960)
Close
Combat and
Infiltration
Course
Closed
Close Combat and Infiltration
Courses. Small arms ammunition
used. Shown as “future rifle range”
in 1962.
Sandia Base – Reservation Layout, New Deal Mining Claims – File Number: SPRL-NDMC/1, Plate Number 1 of 1, 18 July 1960.
H-27
High
Explosive
Demolition
Area.
Closed
East-west elongated circular area
entirely within the Experimental
Range and predominantly
encompassing the EOD Range.
Sandia Base – Reservation Layout: Blast Centers and S. C. Facilities – File
Number: SP-RL-BC-/1, Plate Number 1, 20 Feb 1962.
H-28
Experimental
Range
Closed
Rectangular shaped area in southcentral region of Kirtland AFB;
Encompasses majority of EOD
Range and area directly west of EOD
Range.
Sandia Base – Reservation Layout Experimental Range Cleared Areas – File
Number: SP-RL-ERCA/1, Plate 1 of 1, 15 July 1960.
H-29
Impact Area
Closed
Abandoned impact area co-located
with the active DOE-SNL live fire
range off of Coyote Springs Rd. east
of DOE-SNL S.F.E.R. Site. Unknown
ordnance or period of use.
Kirtland AFB Real Estate (Comprehensive Plan Tab C-4, Jan. 1976).
Abandoned Mortar (Frustration
Range) and M-20 Range in south
central area of KAFB.
Sandia Base – Reservation Layout, New Deal Mining Claims – File Number: SPRL-NDMC/1, Plate Number 1 of 1, 18 July 1960.
H-26
H-30
Field Firing
Range
Closed
(XU-96 and
XU-97)
Sandia Base – Reservation Layout: Blast Centers and S. C. Facilities – File
Number: SP-RL-BC-/1, Plate Number 1, 20 Feb 1962.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1, 30 Sept 1980.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab
C-1, Sheet 2 of 12, 30 Sept 88.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits & Convoy
Routes – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1.1A, Sheet 1 of 3, 30 September 1988.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB,
EOD
Report
(09 May 01)
Site
Site Name
Status/IRP#
Description
Map Reference
Other
Reference
Tab C-1, Sheet 2 of 30, 01 March 2000.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 1 of 3, July 2001.
Map, Undated/Unnamed-1, Kirtland AFB.
Map, Undated/Unnamed-2, Kirtland AFB.
H-31
Impact
Range
Closed
Abandoned range or impact area at
SE corner of base near helicopter
training area. Purpose and period of
use unknown.
Sandia Base – Reservation Layout Experimental Range Cleared Areas – File
Number: SP-RL-ERCA/1, Plate 1 of 1, 15 July 1960.
H-32
Aircraft
Vulnerability
Test Area
Closed
Abandoned aircraft vulnerability test
area at abandoned dirt airfield east of
intersection of Lovelace and
Demolition Range Roads. Reported
to have used captured enemy aircraft
as test targets for munitions.
None (Area delineated according to interviewee’s description.).
(Within OT29)
(13 Aug 01)
H-33
North
Training
Area
Closed
Vaguely defined area north of DOE
Area III. No information was available
on activities or munitions in this area.
Sandia Base – Reservation Layout, Sandia & Kirtland Bases, Study of Proposed
Aircraft Runway Extension – File Number: SP-RL/, Plate 1 of 1, 12 Nov 1950.
H-34
South
Training
Area
Closed
Vaguely defined area between DOE
Area III and the EOD Range. No
information was available on
activities or munitions in this area.
Sandia Base – Reservation Layout, Sandia & Kirtland Bases, Study of Proposed
Aircraft Runway Extension – File Number: SP-RL/, Plate 1 of 1, 12 Nov 1950.
H-35
Maneuver
Area
Closed
Indefinite area south of DOE Area III
approximately between Magazine
and Isleta Roads. This area is now
occupied by the Chestnut Site and
Helicopter Landing Area. ) 40-lbs of
TNT found within this area in 2000.
No information is available for the
activities conducted in this area.
Sandia Base – Reservation Layout, Sandia & Kirtland Bases, Study of Proposed
Aircraft Runway Extension – File Number: SP-RL/, Plate 1 of 1, 12 Nov 1950.
Southwestern most area of Kirtland
AFB; south of the off-base DOE
Buffer Zone and west of the DOE
Area in the southwestern region of
the base.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1 of 3, 01 Jan 1976.
H-36
McCormick
Ranch Test
Site
(XU-98)
Air Force
Training
Area
EOD
Report
(15 Jun 00)
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab
C-1, Sheet 2 of 12, 30 Sept 88.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits & Convoy
Routes – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1.1A, Sheet 1 of 3, 30 September 1988.
H-37
Personnel
Interview
with Mr.
Perry
Mitchell
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map, 10-201 at
Kirtland AFB, 9/05/97, (SNL GIS ORG.6626; irpcomb3.aml).
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map at Kirtland AFB
Site
Site Name
Status/IRP#
Description
Map Reference
as of May 21, 1999, 9/13/99, (SNL GIS ORG.6804; irpcomb3.aml).
H-38
Pistol Range
Pistol range of unknown use
immediately south of the DOE Live
Fire Ranges.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab
C-1, Sheet 2 of 12, 30 Sept 88. Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan –
Real Estate Map (Land Use) – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1, 30 Sept 1980.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits & Convoy
Routes – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1.1A, Sheet 1 of 3, 30 September 1988.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1 of 3, 01 Jan 1976. Air Force Material Command,
Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1, Sheet 2 of 30, 01
March 2000.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 1 of 3, July 2001.
Map, Undated/Unnamed-1, Kirtland AFB.
Map, Undated/Unnamed-2, Kirtland AFB.
H-39
Chemical
Warfare
Training
Area
Area located in the northeast portion
of the triangle formed by Demolition
Range Road, Coyote Springs Road
and Lovelace Road. Munitions and
period of use are unknown.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab
C-1, Sheet 2 of 12, 30 Sept 88.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits & Convoy
Routes – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1.1A, Sheet 1 of 3, 30 September 1988.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB,
Tab C-1, Sheet 2 of 30, 01 March 2000.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 1 of 3, July 2001.
OFF-BASE RANGE CONCERNS
OB-1
McCormick
Ranch Test
Site
OB-2
M60 Range
OB-3
Special
Operations
Training
Awaiting
Confirmation
of Correct
Location and
Direction.
Northern portion of McCormick
Ranch Test Site IBD extending
across the northern boundary of the
McCormick Ranch property in the
southwest corner of Kirtland AFB.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab
C-1, Sheet 2 of 12, 30 Sept 88.
Southeast portion of 5.56 and
7.62mm machinegun training and
qualification range located in the
southeastern region of Kirtland AFB.
This range is currently shown to
extend across the southern base
property line, however, weapons
safety personnel are coordinating
with security forces to GPS the
correct coordinates. Other items
used on this range include 40 mm TP
rounds and sub-caliber LAU rockets.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 1 of 3, July 2001.
Northwestern most area of training
zone extending beyond the northern
base boundary.
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map, 10-201 at
Kirtland AFB, 9/05/97, (SNL GIS ORG.6626; irpcomb3.aml).
Other
Reference
Site
Site Name
Status/IRP#
Description
Zone (West)
OB-4
Map Reference
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map at Kirtland AFB
as of May 21, 1999, 9/13/99, (SNL GIS ORG.6804; irpcomb3.aml).
Special
Operations
Training
Zone
(Central)
Centralized area of training zone
drawn beyond northeastern base
boundary.
Special
Operations
Training
Zone (East)
Eastern area of training zone drawn
beyond northeastern base boundary.
OB-6
Manzano
Combat
Zone
Northeastern region of Manzano
Range extending across the northern
Kirtland AFB boundary.
NEED MAP DATA (URS will obtain).
OB-7
Gun Site Fan
Westward extent of the Gun Site Fan
located directly east of the DOE Area
in the southwestern region of the
base and extending to the west
beyond the Kirtland AFB property
line. The extent of this fan is
unknown, as it was drawn to the
edge of the map depicting it with no
end shown. The fan extends from
the 155mm gun site within the DOE
Area, however, it appears to center
on the gun site outside of the DOE
area to the east.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits –
Kirtland AFB, Master Planning Record, CP NO D-8, Sheet 1 of 3, July 2001.
OB-8
Proximity
Fuze Range
(South)
Southern region of the estimated
range fan from UXO density maps
and the size/direction of the Proximity
Fuze Range fan shown on Kirtland
AFB property.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1, 30 Sept 1980.
OB-9
Proximity
Fuze Range
(East)
Eastern region of the estimated
range fan from UXO density maps
and the size/direction of the Proximity
Fuze Range fan shown on Kirtland
AFB property.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1 of 3, 01 Jan 1976.
OB-10
Proximity
Fuze Range
(North)
Northern region of the Proximity Fuze
Range fan shown to extend beyond
the property lines on the northeastern
boundary of Kirtland AFB..
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1 of 3, 01 Jan 1976.
OB-5
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map, 10-201 at
Kirtland AFB, 9/05/97, (SNL GIS ORG.6626; irpcomb3.aml).
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map at Kirtland AFB
as of May 21, 1999, 9/13/99, (SNL GIS ORG.6804; irpcomb3.aml).
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map, 10-201 at
Kirtland AFB, 9/05/97, (SNL GIS ORG.6626; irpcomb3.aml).
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map at Kirtland AFB
as of May 21, 1999, 9/13/99, (SNL GIS ORG.6804; irpcomb3.aml).
Other
Reference
Site
OB-11
Site Name
Status/IRP#
No Sweat
Boulevard
Description
Northern most area of this site
extends beyond the northern base
boundary.
Map Reference
Other
Reference
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map, 10-201 at
Kirtland AFB, 9/05/97, (SNL GIS ORG.6626; irpcomb3.aml).
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map at Kirtland AFB
as of May 21, 1999, 9/13/99, (SNL GIS ORG.6804; irpcomb3.aml).
OB-12
Skeet Range
(H-2) Fan
OB-13
Buffer Zone
DOE
Northern portion of this fan extends
beyond the base boundary and onto
the east-west runway.
Kirtland Field Record Drawings – Reservation Map – File: AA-CR2-8/4, March
1943.
Designated buffer area along
western boundary (North of
McCormick Ranch and south of
Runways.).
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab
C-1, Sheet 2 of 12, 30 Sept 88.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits & Convoy
Routes – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1.1A, Sheet 1 of 3, 30 September 1988.
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map, 10-201 at
Kirtland AFB, 9/05/97, (SNL GIS ORG.6626; irpcomb3.aml).
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, Environmental Geographic
Information Systems, Combat Defense and Field Training Map at Kirtland AFB
as of May 21, 1999, 9/13/99, (SNL GIS ORG.6804; irpcomb3.aml).
Map, Undated/Unnamed-2, Kirtland AFB.
OB-14
Sled Track
Fan
DOE
Area of sled track fan extending west
onto McCormick Ranch.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1 of 3, 01 Jan 1976.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits & Convoy
Routes – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1.1A, Sheet 1 of 3, 30 September 1988.
Demo Map-1, August 2001 (Hand drawn by URS during site visit.)
Map, Undated/Unnamed-1, Kirtland AFB.
OB-15
Chestnut
Site IBD
AF –
Operational
2980-ft IBD extends across southern
base boundary.
Air Force Material Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB,
Tab C-1, Sheet 2 of 30, 01 March 2000.
OB-16
Clear Zone
DOE
6346 acres south of Sled Track.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1 of 3, 01 Jan 1976.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Real Estate Map (Land Use) –
Kirtland AFB, Tab C-4, Sheet 1, 30 Sept 1980.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Base Map – Kirtland AFB, Tab
C-1, Sheet 2 of 12, 30 Sept 88.
Military Airlift Command, Comprehensive Plan – Explosives Limits & Convoy
Routes – Kirtland AFB, Tab C-1.1A, Sheet 1 of 3, 30 September 1988.
A map obtained from the Munitions Rule Document pointed out two 40 MM ranges (One near the Combat Arms Pistol and Rifle Range (O-1) and one near the M-60 Firing Range (O-9))
that were not mapped or listed here; these areas were not used according to Security Forces personnel. The only area they fire 40 MM TP is on the M-60 Firing Range. No other
references were available regarding these two areas.