Colmor, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Springer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87747. The Survey maps it on the Colmor quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Colmor quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Springer quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Colmor between 1994 and 2017, burning about 963 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | I-25 |
| 24 July 2016 | Natural | 360 acres | Cimarron District | 404 |
| 20 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | REDRIVER |
| 26 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RUNAWAY |
| 1 June 2009 | Natural | 16 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FERGUSON |
| 1 June 2009 | Natural | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FERGUSON II |
| 9 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cimarron District | COLMOR |
| 5 May 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Las Vegas District | MM 377 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Colmor: 4 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 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colmor in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 funnel cloud. 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 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Colmor | - | Funnel cloud spotted by truck driver on Interstate 25. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springer | 10.1 miles | 8 | |
| Taylor Springs | 11.1 miles | 8 | |
| Miami | 11.7 miles | 12 | |
| Toril | 12.0 miles | 8 | |
| Sweetwater (historical) | 14.6 miles | 12 | |
| Sunny Side | 16.6 miles | 12 | |
| Rayado | 17.9 miles | 12 | |
| French | 18.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898746. 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.



