Las Tusas, New Mexico Explained

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]

Geography

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]

Demographics

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. October 12, 2022.
  2. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Bluewater Acres CDP, New Mexico. https://archive.today/20200212193542/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3508185. dead. February 12, 2020. U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. October 20, 2014.
  3. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – New Mexico . United States Census Bureau . June 24, 2021.