Bluit, New Mexico

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Dora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88125. The Survey maps it on the Bluit quadrangle.

Bluit within Roosevelt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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 Brownfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Bluit quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Bluit between 1994 and 2016, burning about 1,809 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 1 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	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Debris and open burning	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
9 September 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	WILLIE
8 July 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	BIGGS
6 July 2012	Natural	25 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	BILBREY
3 July 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	HAYS
20 July 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	150 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	FENCE
26 June 2016	Natural	25 acres	Capitan District	WINDMILL
26 June 2004	Natural	61 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	SANDHILL
22 June 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	500 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	GAME

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Kermit

Every fire recorded in Roosevelt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Bluit: 16 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Roosevelt 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
Milnesand	8.3 miles	6
Lingo	11.6 miles	5
Richland	14.0 miles	5
New Hope (historical)	14.4 miles	6
Eagle Hill (historical)	14.8 miles	6
Garrison	15.4 miles	5
Pep	16.4 miles	5
Causey	17.5 miles	6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 915802. 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.