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Allison, New Mexico

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Gallup census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87301. It stands on Gamerco Wash. The Survey maps it on the Gallup West quadrangle.

Allison within McKinley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

2 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Allison between 1996 and 1998, burning about 28 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 June 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresNavajo Region Fire and Aviation ManagementMENTMORE-1
10 June 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMENTMORE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McKinley County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Allison: 4 unknowns, 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gallup Brick & Tile CoClayPast Producer
Red Dog PitPumiceProducer
State Hwy Pit No 57-39-SStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Twin ButtesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
J & S EnterpriseStonePast Producer
Sundt PitStoneUnknown
Twin Buttes QuarryStoneProducerBasalt
Elkins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gallup Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in McKinley County

Storms near this place

3 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allison in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2018Thunderstorm WindAllison-Severe thunderstorm outflow winds peaked at 75 mph at the Gallup Municipal Airport.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindAllison-Gallup airport.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAllison-Gallup airport reported a 70 mph wind gust from dry thunderstorms.

Every storm recorded in McKinley County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Gallup2.3 miles15
Mentmore3.3 miles15
Gamerco3.5 miles15
Twin Buttes3.6 miles15
Gibson (historical)3.7 miles15
Weaver (historical)4.3 miles15
Red Rock5.1 miles15
Heaton (historical)5.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 885703. 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.