BlockBluewater, New Mexico
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Capitan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88351. It lies near Hale Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Arabela quadrangle. It stands 5,508 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1936 USGS Arabela quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Arabela quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Arabela quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Arabela quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Carrizozo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Arabela quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Bluewater between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,069 acres in total. 28 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | SUNSET |
| 8 August 1998 | Natural | 65 acres | Lincoln National Forest | 7 CABINS |
| 6 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | ZEUFELDT |
| 30 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SANCHEZ |
| 27 August 2015 | Natural | 9.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | STRIKE |
| 16 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | PANCHO |
| 12 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Capitan District | 21-50420189X |
| 6 July 2013 | Natural | 7.6 acres | Lincoln National Forest | PANCHO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bluewater: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Thorium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Pedro-Link- Nob Hill | Uranium, Thorium | Occurrence | Allanite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabela | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Lodge | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Escondido (historical) | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Baca (historical) | 9.5 miles | 13 | |
| Lincoln | 11.4 miles | 9 | |
| Hondo | 12.6 miles | 9 | |
| San Patricio | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Tinnie | 13.1 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Bluewater | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14705946 | 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 903960. 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.