Official Name: | Las Tusas, New Mexico |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | New Mexico#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Las Tusas |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New Mexico |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Cibola |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 3.28 |
Area Land Km2: | 3.28 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.27 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.27 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 253 |
Population Density Km2: | 77.16 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 199.84 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 7497 |
Coordinates: | 35.2728°N -108.1236°W |
Area Code: | 505 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 35-39792 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2584058 |
Las Tusas is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. At the 2010 census the CDP was known as Bluewater Acres and had a population of 206.[2]
Las Tusas is located in northwestern Cibola County, near the southern tip of Bluewater Lake, a reservoir on Bluewater Creek north of Salitre Mesa. New Mexico State Road 612 (Bluewater Road) leads north from the community to Thoreau and Interstate 40. A Forest Service road leads south from Bluewater Acres through Cibola National Forest to NM 53 near the Continental Divide.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Las Tusas CDP has a total area of 3.3km2, all land.[3]