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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.

Bingham within Socorro County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

11 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined4
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
16 September 1997Natural3.0 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeJULIAN
27 July 2014Equipment and vehicle use60 acresSocorro Field OfficeWRYE
2 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
3 June 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeBINGHAM
23 June 2008Natural3.0 acresSocorro Field OfficeROYAL
28 May 1993Natural50 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeOSCURA
24 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSocorro Field Office27 FIRE
23 May 2020Debris and open burning2.5 acresSocorro DistrictBINGHAM EAST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Socorro County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Farris Pit #1Barium-BariteProducer
Hansonburg DistrictLead, Barium-Barite, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Vanadium, Fluorine-FluoriteProducer1870, 1901
Hansonburg MineLead, Barium-Barite, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1918, 1962
Mex-Tex MineBarium-Barite, Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1962
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Socorro County

Storms near this place

22 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013Flash FloodBingham$600,000Numerous 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 2025Thunderstorm WindBingham-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 2025Thunderstorm WindBingham-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 2025Thunderstorm WindBingham-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 2025Thunderstorm WindBingham-A severe thunderstorm resulted in a peak wind gust of 83 mph at the Chupadera RAWS on the White Sands Missile Range.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBingham-The Little Burro mesonet on the White Sand Missile Range observed a peak wind gust of 64 mph from nearby thunderstorms.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBingham-WSM40 Mine White Sands Missile Range recorded a 63mph thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBingham-Nearby thunderstorms resulted in a peak wind gust of 68 mph at the Mine Mesonet on the White Sands Missile Range.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindBingham-Thunderstorms produced a peak wind gust of 62 mph at the Mine mesonet on the White Sands Missile Range.
August 2023Flash FloodBingham-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 2022Thunderstorm WindBingham-A White Sands Missile Range mesonet station south of Bingham measured a 66 mph wind gust likely associated with thunderstorm outflow.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindBingham-A thunderstorm moving quickly northeast through White Sands Missile Range produced an outflow wind gust up to 60 mph.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBingham-White Sands Missile Range Mine station.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBingham-Thunderstorm outflow crossing White Sands Missile Range produced a peak wind gust to 65 mph.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindBingham-Spotter reported an extreme downburst wind ahead of storm with gust near 80 mph in Bingham. No damage was incurred.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBingham-Wind gust recorded at a RAWS site.
June 2013HailBingham-Penny size hail 2 miles northeast of Bingham.
August 2002Flash FloodBingham-Heavy rains during the late night flooded numerous lower wather crossings and washed out several culverts in northern Socorro County.
July 1998Flash FloodBingham-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 2008Thunderstorm WindBingham-no account filed
August 2008Thunderstorm WindBingham-no account filed
October 2000HailBingham-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Socorro 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
Coane6.5 miles10
Carthage15.2 miles9
Old Carthage18.8 miles9
Tokay19.5 miles9
Kinney Wells20.0 miles10
San Pedro24.9 miles10
Bosquecito26.1 miles10
San Antonio26.2 miles10

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.