Arch, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Portales census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88130. The Survey maps it on the Arch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Arch quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Arch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Arch between 1992 and 2019, burning about 14,869 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SMITH |
| 11 September 2019 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Capitan District | 20-50710246X |
| 25 August 2011 | Natural | 89 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CRAWFORD |
| 6 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Capitan District | BRADLEY RANCH |
| 26 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 24 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | NEECE |
| 14 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BRADLEY |
| 5 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PLUMMER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Arch: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arch in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 8 hail, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Hail | Arch | - | A severe thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Dora, NM. Report was forwarded by a media outlet in Amarillo, TX. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Arch | - | Small and short lived tornado reported over open rangeland just north of Arch. No reported damage. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Arch | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Arch | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Arch | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Arch | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Arch | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Arch | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Arch | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eiland (historical) | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Inez | 10.1 miles | 6 | |
| Rogers | 10.2 miles | 6 | |
| Midway | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| Portales | 11.3 miles | 8 | |
| Cameo | 12.8 miles | 9 | |
| Yerba | 12.9 miles | 8 | |
| Longs (historical) | 13.6 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 885867. 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.



