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Bates, New Mexico

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Clayton South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88415. The Survey maps it on the Clayton SW quadrangle.

Bates within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

15 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Bates between 1993 and 2018, burning about 1,968 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None 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
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
9 August 2000Natural940 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRABBITEAR
12 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCAMPSEY
1 August 2016Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestWALKER
3 July 2011Natural410 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionALAMOS
6 June 2008Equipment and vehicle use30 acresCibola National ForestNARANJO
29 June 2016Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestUNIT 25
25 June 2016Natural3.7 acresCibola National ForestBATES
24 April 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCibola National ForestPLAINVIEW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bates: 5 unknowns. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
59 78 SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Atkinson Cattle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Pit #59 08 S & 59 78 SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Union 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
Thomas5.9 miles7
Tate (historical)10.5 miles7
Clayton10.8 miles8
Sedan11.1 miles7
Royce14.4 miles9
Garcia (historical)19.0 miles7
Mount Dora21.6 miles8
Pennington22.8 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2013821. 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.