Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 23 min6:42 am – 9:05 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 55 min7:52 am – 5:47 pm
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People130 residentsin the ZIP code areaMedian age 31.638 householdsMedian household income $27,37547% of homes owner-occupiedMedian property tax $425 a yearSource: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 93°F, lows 65°FColdest month January: highs 55°F, lows 24°F18 in of rain a year, on about 35 dayswettest month August6 in of snow a year, on about 4 days85 days above 90°F, 102 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Morton station, 17 mi away
Parks and public landsBledsoestate conservation land · 2.0 mi · 125 acresFarmers Homestate conservation land · 4.0 mi · 388 acresEast Bluitstate conservation land · 4.0 mi · 82 acresAntelope Flatsstate conservation land · 5.1 mi · 332 acresNorth Bluittstate conservation land · 5.8 mi · 1,274 acresSouth Bluittstate conservation land · 7.6 mi · 639 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes1 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19700 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 3.1 on 19 Feb 202646 mi away, near Denver City, TexasMost recent: magnitude 3.1 on 19 Feb 202646 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowCochran County, TX, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsDrought Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality69% of days had good air in 2025251 of 365 days measured106 moderate, 3 unhealthy for sensitive groups, 5 unhealthy daysMedian index 44, worst day 193main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Lea County, NM, 62 mi away
Internet at home90% of households have a broadband subscription79% have cable, fibre or DSL11% rely on a mobile data plan alone11% have no internet at homeSource: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024
Drinking waterBledsoe WSCserves 61 people from ground water1 health-based violation since 2021latest Oct 2024: lead and copper, treatment technique14 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system serving the town
Elevation3,971 ft1,210 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalCochran Memorial Hospital16.9 miPost officeBledsoe Post Office1.2 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportClovis Municipal Airport CVN55 miUS highwayUS 38026 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 79314 ZIP area.
