Clines Corners, New Mexico
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Estancia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87070. The Survey maps it on the Clines Corners quadrangle. It stands 7,057 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1894 USGS Lamy quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Clines Corners quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Villanueva quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Clines Corners between 1993 and 2019, burning about 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HENDRICK |
| 26 July 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument | GOAT HILL |
| 16 July 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SANDY |
| 28 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BILLBOARD |
| 26 June 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DOROTHEA |
| 17 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MARTIN |
| 15 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BLOWOUT |
| 29 May 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Bernalillo District | 214 |
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 Clines Corners: 9 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nine Bar Ranch Mine | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clines Corners in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 10 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Clines Corners | - | A tornado producing no damage touched down just northwest of Clines Corners between I-40 and U.S. Highway 285, travelling northeast. A survey revealed no apparent damage with an estimated width of 50 yards and path length of approximately one mile. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Clines Corners | - | An arroyo that flows underneath I-40 just east of Wagon Wheel flooded and exceeded its banks with an observed water rise of 7 feet. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Clines Corners | - | Storm chaser captured video of a tornado on the ground along Interstate 40 near Clines Corners. Other observers in the area reported the tornado touched down just south of Interstate 40 around 1215 pm MDT then moved north-northwest into extreme far southeast Santa Fe County over a 20 minute period. Trees were uprooted in the area. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Clines Corners | - | Quarter size hail lasted for one minute at Clines Corners. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Clines Corners | - | All arroyos and draws flooding on ranch near Clines Corners from 1.5 inches of rainfall in 35 minutes. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Clines Corners | - | An amateur radio operator reported torrents of water along NM 3 with up to 4 feet of flowing water over the road. Considerable hail and reduced visibilities also accompanied the storms. Difficult driving conditions due to heavy rain, hail and near zero visibility were also reported along Interstate 40 in this area via NMDOT. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Clines Corners | - | The hail was observed along Interstate 40. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clines Corners | - | Two tractors were blown off Interstate 40. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Clines Corners | - | Ham radio spotters reported soft and mushy hail up to 2 inches in diameter. |
| August 1997 | Flash Flood | Clines Corners | - | A persistent thunderstorm produced heavy rain of 3 to 4 inches in less than 4 hours across open range in central Torrance county. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Clines Corners | - | An observer reported nickel-size hail. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Clines Corners | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Clines Corners | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Clines Corners | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Clines Corners | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Clines Corners | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clines Corners | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Clines Corners | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Clines Corners | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palma | 11.0 miles | 6 | |
| North Lucy | 11.5 miles | 6 | |
| Estancia Ranchettes | 13.2 miles | 7 | |
| Otto | 18.5 miles | 17 | |
| Moriarty | 20.2 miles | 10 | |
| Derramadero | 21.7 miles | 6 | |
| McIntosh | 22.6 miles | 10 | |
| Culebra | 23.2 miles | 6 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Clines Corners | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14705962 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898646. 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.




