Built in 1894. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
“Fort Bliss National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in West Texas, located at Fort Bliss, a U.S. Army post adjacent to the city of El Paso.”
Wikipedia article Fort Bliss National Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 56 National Register listings published here for El Paso County · listed in 2016 · category: District · built in 1894.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Fort Bliss National Cemetery in 2000, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 January 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Chamizal National Monument | BERMUDA |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Fort Bliss National Cemetery: 4 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) El Paso Refinery | Copper | Plant | ||
| Edgar Park Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| El Paso Quarry & Plant | Silica | Producer | ||
| McKelligon Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Limestone, Rhyolite |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Pump Plant | 0.5 miles | 2009 | |
 | Fort Bliss Main Post Historic District | 1.1 miles | 1998 |
 | Quarters Number 1 | 1.3 miles | 1987 |
| Manhattan Heights Historic District | 3.0 miles | 1980 | |
| Ray Sherman Place | 4.0 miles | 2019 | |
| Tays Place | 4.4 miles | 2019 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000066 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| El Paso County | All 56 listed properties in this county. |
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