Blazers Mill, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Mescalero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88340. It lies near North Fork Tularosa Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Mescalero quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1950 USGS Mescalero quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Mescalero quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Ruidoso quadrangle1:100000
- 2004 USGS Mescalero quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
406 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 406 fires within 5 miles of Blazers Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,854 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 35 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 132 |
| Debris and open burning | 70 |
| Natural | 40 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Other causes | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Fireworks | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Mescalero Agency | EVANS |
| 30 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mescalero Agency | EAST CIRHUALAS |
| 27 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Mescalero Agency | ELM STREET |
| 15 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Mescalero Agency | CHINO WELL |
| 13 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mescalero Agency | KOKOPELLI 2 |
| 8 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mescalero Agency | CASTLE |
| 7 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Mescalero Agency | GRAVEL CANYON |
| 7 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mescalero Agency | A SIDE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Blazers Mill: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mescalero Magnetite-Hematite | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Virginia Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1905, 1917 | |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| State Hwy Pit No. 80-3-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mescalero | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| Bent | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Silver Springs | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Carrizo | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Apache | 13.2 miles | 9 | |
| Whitetail | 13.3 miles | 8 | |
| Tularosa | 13.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cloudcroft | 13.9 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122566855 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 903917. 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.






