Avis, New Mexico

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Southeast Otero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88354. The Survey maps it on the Avis quadrangle.

Avis within Otero County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1954 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS Avis quadrangle1:24000
1979 USGS Alamogordo quadrangle1:100000
2004 USGS Avis quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Avis between 1992 and 2019, burning about 170 acres in total. 26 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Natural	26
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Debris and open burning	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
6 September 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	ELK
21 September 2011	Natural	12 acres	Lincoln National Forest	BLUE WATER
6 August 2011	Natural	20 acres	Lincoln National Forest	RAIL
25 August 2005	Natural	under an acre	Lincoln National Forest	WITHOUT
23 August 2010	Natural	under an acre	Lincoln National Forest	AKER
21 July 2011	Natural	13 acres	Lincoln National Forest	RED
10 July 1998	Natural	2.5 acres	Lincoln National Forest	PERK
9 June 1996	Natural	under an acre	Lincoln National Forest	CHASE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otero County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Avis: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Otero County Pit	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Pinon Site Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
State Hwy Pit No. 63-8-S	Stone	Unknown

Every working recorded in Otero County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Piñon	6.5 miles	8
Weed	7.8 miles	11
Sacramento	8.5 miles	11
Maxon	10.0 miles	11
Crisp	10.1 miles	8
Mayhill	13.1 miles	9
Timberon	13.8 miles	9
Hortonville	15.2 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 903468. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.