Farley, 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 88422. The Survey maps it on the Farley quadrangle. It stands 6,067 feet above sea level.
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
- 1974 USGS Farley quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Springer quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Farley between 1994 and 2017, burning about 270 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2000 | Natural | 60 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WOODS |
| 5 August 2000 | Natural | 40 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GLADSTONE |
| 5 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | URRACA |
| 27 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TOOTH |
| 13 July 2017 | Natural | 40 acres | Cimarron District | CREEK |
| 18 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DOERR |
| 24 March 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GLADSTONE |
| 24 January 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | C S |
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 Farley: 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
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farley in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 11 hail. 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 2023 | Hail | Farley | - | Supercell dropped half dollar size hail as it tracked southeast through southern Colfax County. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Farley | - | Two inch hail reported near Farley. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Farley | - | Penny size hail in Farley. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Farley | - | Twitter report indicated quarter size hail accumulated to a depth of about 1.5 inches near Abbott. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Farley | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Farley | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Farley | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Farley | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Farley | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Farley | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Farley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tafoya (historical) | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Palo Blanco (historical) | 10.5 miles | 8 | |
| Abbott | 12.1 miles | 8 | |
| Chico | 12.3 miles | 8 | |
| Kiowa | 21.1 miles | 8 | |
| Taylor Springs | 24.1 miles | 8 | |
| Tinaja | 27.8 miles | 8 | |
| French | 28.8 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q129993865 | 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 888965. 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.



