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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.

Clines Corners within Torrance County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

20 since 1993

Regional 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 use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking3
Natural3

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
25 August 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHENDRICK
26 July 2011Natural1.0 acresSalinas Pueblo Missions National MonumentGOAT HILL
16 July 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSANDY
28 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBILLBOARD
26 June 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDOROTHEA
17 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMARTIN
15 June 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBLOWOUT
29 May 2011Smoking1.0 acresBernalillo District214

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Torrance 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Nine Bar Ranch MineStonePast Producer
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
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Torrance County

Storms near this place

19 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2024Tornado (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 2024Flash FloodClines 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 2017Tornado (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 2017HailClines Corners-Quarter size hail lasted for one minute at Clines Corners.
July 2017Flash FloodClines Corners-All arroyos and draws flooding on ranch near Clines Corners from 1.5 inches of rainfall in 35 minutes.
July 2013Flash FloodClines 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 2007HailClines Corners-The hail was observed along Interstate 40.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindClines Corners-Two tractors were blown off Interstate 40.
May 1997HailClines Corners-Ham radio spotters reported soft and mushy hail up to 2 inches in diameter.
August 1997Flash FloodClines 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 1994HailClines Corners-An observer reported nickel-size hail.
September 2007HailClines Corners-no account filed
June 2003HailClines Corners-no account filed
June 2003HailClines Corners-no account filed
July 2003HailClines Corners-no account filed
July 2003Funnel CloudClines Corners-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindClines Corners-no account filed
July 1998HailClines Corners-no account filed
May 1997HailClines Corners-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Torrance 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
Palma11.0 miles6
North Lucy11.5 miles6
Estancia Ranchettes13.2 miles7
Otto18.5 miles17
Moriarty20.2 miles10
Derramadero21.7 miles6
McIntosh22.6 miles10
Culebra23.2 miles6

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 CornersAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14705962The 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.