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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Brownfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Causey West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 48 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DUNCAN |
| 27 September 2011 | Natural | 3.8 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GARDNER |
| 22 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 10 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MACK |
| 5 August 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 22 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CAMERON |
| 30 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GARDNER |
| 3 August 2015 | Natural | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BLAKEY |
| 25 August 2016 | Natural | 34 acres | Capitan District | WALL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
16 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Hail | Causey | $250,000 | Hail 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 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Causey | $50,000 | Broadcast 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 2023 | Hail | Causey | $20,000 | There was a public report of 2.5 inch hail busting out the windows on the southside of most buildings in town. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Causey | - | Golf ball to hen egg size hail was observed in Causey from a tornadic thunderstorm. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Causey | - | A member of the public reported quarter size hail near Causey. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Causey | - | A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail near Causey. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (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 2015 | Hail | Causey | - | A public spotter reported nickel size hail. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Causey | - | Penny size hail reported 4 miles north of Causey. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Causey | - | Early morning storm produced one-inch hail. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Causey | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Causey | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Causey | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Causey | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Causey | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Causey | - | 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.
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.



