BlockNutt, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Deming North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88030. The Survey maps it on the Nutt quadrangle. 12 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 4,721 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Nutt quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Hatch quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Nutt quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Nutt between 1992 and 2011, burning about 3,060 acres in total. 4 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 | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | NUTT |
| 4 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | DOZER |
| 14 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | YUCCA |
| 8 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CHANDER DRAW |
| 22 June 1992 | Natural | 110 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | GRAHAM |
| 14 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | GOOD SIGHT |
| 15 May 1994 | Natural | 1,455 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | BROWNFIELD |
| 26 April 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | NUT |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nutt: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 68-17-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nutt in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nutt | $40,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Nutt | - | Highway 26 was closed from mile marker 26 to 27 due to flooding. Radar estimates in the area were 3.5 to 3.7 inches. |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Nutt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7070557 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898578. 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.