Peruhill, New Mexico
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Deming North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88030. The Survey maps it on the Deming West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1899 USGS Deming quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Deming quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Deming West quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Deming quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Deming West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Peruhill between 1994 and 2011, burning about 609 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 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 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BLACK |
| 30 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DRIVE SHAFT |
| 16 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | 155 |
| 1 July 2002 | Natural | 99 acres | Gila National Forest | BYERS |
| 19 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | OLIN |
| 9 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | I-10 MM 78 |
| 27 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | MM158 |
| 1 December 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | COUNTRY CLUB |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Peruhill: 11 unknowns, 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122553030 | 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 920662. 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.






