Lookout, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Loving census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88256. The Survey maps it on the Malaga quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lookout within Eddy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1945 USGS Malaga quadrangle1:62500
1946 USGS Malaga quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1979 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Malaga quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Lookout (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,025 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined	35
Debris and open burning	6
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	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 August 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Carlsbad Field Office	HIGBY HOLE
6 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Carlsbad Field Office	MM 14
29 July 2011	Natural	5.0 acres	Carlsbad Field Office	BLACK RIVER
16 July 1994	Natural	6.5 acres	Roswell Field Office	KELLY
14 July 1992	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Roswell Field Office	MALGA
6 June 2011	Natural	61 acres	Carlsbad Field Office	OGDEN
5 June 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	RABBIT
3 June 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Carlsbad Field Office	MALAGA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eddy County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lookout (historical): 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Potassium. 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
	Flotation Plant	Potassium	Producer
	Unknown	Potassium	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Eddy 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
Lookout Crossing	0.6 miles	10
Malaga	2.2 miles	10
Harroun Crossing	3.4 miles	10
Loving	3.8 miles	11
Harkey Crossing	4.5 miles	10
Pierce Canyon Crossing	7.7 miles	5
Black River Village	7.7 miles	11
Otis	8.7 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 931284. 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.