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Causey, New Mexico

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Dora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88113. The Survey maps it on the Causey West quadrangle.

Causey within Roosevelt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Causey between 1992 and 2019, burning about 6,414 acres in total. 30 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/undetermined48
Natural30
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
5 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDUNCAN
27 September 2011Natural3.8 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGARDNER
22 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
10 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMACK
5 August 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution22 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCAMERON
30 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGARDNER
3 August 2015Natural5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBLAKEY
25 August 2016Natural34 acresCapitan DistrictWALL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roosevelt County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Causey: 3 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
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Roosevelt County

Storms near this place

16 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Causey in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 14 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2017HailCausey$250,000Hail up to the size of baseballs produced severe damage to the area around Causey. Several homes saw windows smashed out with extension damage to exteriors. Numerous vehicles were also severely damaged.
June 2025Tornado (EFU)Causey$50,000Broadcast media reported a tornado 3 miles SSW of Causey. The tornado resulted in downed power lines and trees in the area at S Roosevelt RD 30 and S Roosevelt Rd H.
May 2023HailCausey$20,000There was a public report of 2.5 inch hail busting out the windows on the southside of most buildings in town.
June 2025HailCausey-Golf ball to hen egg size hail was observed in Causey from a tornadic thunderstorm.
May 2022HailCausey-A member of the public reported quarter size hail near Causey.
June 2020HailCausey-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail near Causey.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Causey-Storm chasers and broadcast media relayed another tornado touchdown from the same storm that produced damage around Dora before traveling northeast into west Texas.
June 2015HailCausey-A public spotter reported nickel size hail.
May 2012HailCausey-Penny size hail reported 4 miles north of Causey.
May 1995HailCausey-Early morning storm produced one-inch hail.
May 2015HailCausey-no account filed
August 2004HailCausey-no account filed
June 2003HailCausey-no account filed
June 2003HailCausey-no account filed
May 1999HailCausey-no account filed
May 1995HailCausey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Roosevelt 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
Garrison5.0 miles5
Longs (historical)5.5 miles6
Inez6.1 miles6
Lingo6.3 miles5
Richland8.4 miles5
Rogers9.0 miles6
Pep11.5 miles5
Dora11.9 miles6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 915807. 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.