Bingham, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Claunch census division. The Survey maps it on the Wrye Peak quadrangle.
On record in Bingham
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Trinity SiteNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1918 USGS Oscura Peak quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Bingham quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Oscura Mountains quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Wrye Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Bingham between 1993 and 2020, burning about 150 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1997 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | JULIAN |
| 27 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | Socorro Field Office | WRYE |
| 2 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 3 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | BINGHAM |
| 23 June 2008 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Socorro Field Office | ROYAL |
| 28 May 1993 | Natural | 50 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | OSCURA |
| 24 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Socorro Field Office | 27 FIRE |
| 23 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Socorro District | BINGHAM EAST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Bingham: 6 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-Barite, Barium-Barite, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farris Pit #1 | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Hansonburg District | Lead, Barium-Barite, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer | 1870, 1901 | |
| Hansonburg Mine | Lead, Barium-Barite, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1918, 1962 | |
| Mex-Tex Mine | Barium-Barite, Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1962 | |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
22 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bingham in 22 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Bingham | $600,000 | Numerous reports of roads flooded, washed out, and damaged along the Socorro County stretch of U.S. 380. Emergency Manager indicated cost of damage was near 1.2 million dollars. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | - | The mesonet station at Little Burro on the White Sands Missile Range measured a peak wind gust of 63 mph from nearby virga showers and dry thunderstorms. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | - | Severe thunderstorms in the area resulted in a peak wind gust of 64 mph at the Tower 6 mesonet station on the White Sands Missile Range. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | - | Severe thunderstorms in the area resulted in a peak wind gust of 75 mph at the Little Burro mesonet station on the White Sands Missile Range. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | - | A severe thunderstorm resulted in a peak wind gust of 83 mph at the Chupadera RAWS on the White Sands Missile Range. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | - | The Little Burro mesonet on the White Sand Missile Range observed a peak wind gust of 64 mph from nearby thunderstorms. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | - | WSM40 Mine White Sands Missile Range recorded a 63mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | - | Nearby thunderstorms resulted in a peak wind gust of 68 mph at the Mine Mesonet on the White Sands Missile Range. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | - | Thunderstorms produced a peak wind gust of 62 mph at the Mine mesonet on the White Sands Missile Range. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Bingham | - | There were several flood areas along White Sands Missile Range Road Seven. Water was two to three feet deep with mud and debris on the road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | - | A White Sands Missile Range mesonet station south of Bingham measured a 66 mph wind gust likely associated with thunderstorm outflow. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | - | A thunderstorm moving quickly northeast through White Sands Missile Range produced an outflow wind gust up to 60 mph. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | - | White Sands Missile Range Mine station. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | - | Thunderstorm outflow crossing White Sands Missile Range produced a peak wind gust to 65 mph. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | - | Spotter reported an extreme downburst wind ahead of storm with gust near 80 mph in Bingham. No damage was incurred. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | - | Wind gust recorded at a RAWS site. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Bingham | - | Penny size hail 2 miles northeast of Bingham. |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Bingham | - | Heavy rains during the late night flooded numerous lower wather crossings and washed out several culverts in northern Socorro County. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Bingham | - | Up to four inches of standing water was reported near Bingham after heavy rain of 0.90 inch in about 15 minutes. Low water crossings were flooded for about 2 hours. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Hail | Bingham | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coane | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Carthage | 15.2 miles | 9 | |
| Old Carthage | 18.8 miles | 9 | |
| Tokay | 19.5 miles | 9 | |
| Kinney Wells | 20.0 miles | 10 | |
| San Pedro | 24.9 miles | 10 | |
| Bosquecito | 26.1 miles | 10 | |
| San Antonio | 26.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898522. 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.






