BlockBueyeros, New Mexico
4 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1973. It stands in the South Harding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88415. It stands on Del Muerto Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bueyeros quadrangle.
On record in Bueyeros
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Bueyeros Schoollisted 1996
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 4 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.
- 1954 USGS Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Bueyeros quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Bueyeros between 2004 and 2006, burning about 153 acres in total. 1 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 | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2006 | Natural | 150 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 19 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CAR |
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bueyeros: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit 60-20-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
10 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bueyeros in 10 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 8 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bueyeros | $4,000 | A large 4 foot diameter tree was knocked over by the strong wind gusts. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Bueyeros | - | Hen egg size hail was observed in far northeast Harding County from a supercell thunderstorm. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Bueyeros | - | Quarter size hail reported several miles south of Bueyeros. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bueyeros | - | High winds pulled plants from ground and downed several tree limbs. Very heavy rainfall and small hail accompanied the high winds. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Bueyeros | - | Hail up to the size of pennies stripped leaves off of trees. |
| October 2023 | Hail | Bueyeros | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Bueyeros | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Bueyeros | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Bueyeros | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Bueyeros | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 902189. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.