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Las Tusas, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Las Vegas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87745. It stands on Manuelitas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sapello quadrangle.

Las Tusas within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

Fires near this place

84 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Las Tusas between 1993 and 2020, burning about 6,197 acres in total. 27 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Natural27
Debris and open burning14
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2019Natural3.5 acresLas Vegas District20-40270239X
9 August 2004Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestHERMIT
8 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSWAMP
7 August 2000Natural3,600 acresLas Vegas DistrictBELL
5 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCOUGAR
24 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionROBBINS
20 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
13 August 2006Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Las Tusas: 3 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in San Miguel County

Storms near this place

5 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Las Tusas in 5 storm reports between 2022 and 2024: 4 flash flood, 1 debris flow. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024Flash FloodLas Tusas$50,000Flash flooding and debris flow within the eastern edge of the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon burn scar resulted in a bridge being washed out along County Road A3. Exact location is unknown and damage is an estimate.
July 2022Flash FloodLas Tusas$25,000Heavy rain on the Calf Canyon burn scar caused water and debris to overtop a bridge along Highway 266 at the Sapello River. Damages are estimated.
July 2024Flash FloodLas Tusas-A radio report of flash flooding was received from heavy rain on the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon burn scar along NM Highway 94 just north and west of Sapello, NM.
June 2024Debris FlowLas Tusas-A trained spotter reported debris including trees and mud coming down the mountain from intense storms. Timing is an estimate based on radar.
July 2023Flash FloodLas Tusas-The Sapello River flooded and went out of it's banks near the State Highway 266 crossing.

Every storm recorded in San Miguel 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Sapello1.7 miles16
Manuelitas2.4 miles16
Canoncito3.1 miles16
San Ignacio3.8 miles16
Las Dispensas4.3 miles16
Emplazado5.3 miles14
Gallinas7.0 miles16
El Porvenir7.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 907884. 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.