Longs, 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 88132. The Survey maps it on the Causey West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Longs 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 Causey West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Longs (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,970 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	52
Natural	28
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Debris and open burning	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	CLUTCH
21 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	50 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	CLARK
17 September 2007	Natural	5.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named
10 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	MACK
9 August 2009	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	FRAZE
8 August 2005	Natural	6.7 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	MASSEY
8 August 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	ROSS
30 August 2011	Natural	31 acres	Grulla National Wildlife Refuge	THEDFORD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roosevelt County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Longs (historical): 4 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

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
Rogers	4.1 miles	6
Inez	4.6 miles	6
Garrison	5.1 miles	5
Causey	5.5 miles	6
Dora	6.7 miles	6
Richland	7.6 miles	5
Pep	8.9 miles	5
Lingo	10.7 miles	5

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 921097. 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.