Prewitt, New Mexico
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Red Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87045. It lies near Casamero Draw. The Survey maps it on the Prewitt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Wingate quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Wingate quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Prewitt quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Zuni quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Prewitt quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph, 2020Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Prewitt between 1994 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. None 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 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | POWER |
| 19 July 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | CANYON |
| 13 July 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | not named |
| 24 June 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | GATE |
| 29 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GOLDER |
| 18 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Bernalillo District | 19-60820398X |
| 5 December 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bernalillo District | 21-60900322X |
| 5 December 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bernalillo District | 21-60890321X |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 42 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Prewitt: 16 past producers, 15 unknowns, 5 producers, 5 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium, Vanadium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1953, 1954 | |
| Red Top Mines | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Elkins Prewitt Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| State Hwy Pit No. 62-21-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| State Hwy Pit No. 78-36-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brown Const. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| C & E Concrete Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Wylie Bros. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Andrews Ranch Mine | Uranium | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prewitt in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Prewitt | $8,000 | Lori Drive just northeast of Bluewater Lake was washed out due to heavy rains. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Prewitt | - | NM-412 south of Prewitt to Bluewater Lake was closed due to swift flood waters crossing the roadway. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Rock Ranch | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Homer C Jones | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| South Chaves | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| North Chaves | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Bluewater | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Thoreau | 9.9 miles | 16 | |
| Smith Lake | 12.1 miles | 14 | |
| Ambrosia Lake | 12.4 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 909850. 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.









