Ford, New Mexico

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1973. It stands in the House-Forrest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88427. The Survey maps it on the McAlister quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ford within Quay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 7 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.

1954 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Mc Alister quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

17 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Ford (historical) between 1994 and 2014, burning about 985 acres in total. 1 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	13
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Natural	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
17 August 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	200 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	LEE
10 August 2010	Natural	60 acres	Las Vegas District	DOWNEY
8 July 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.5 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	ROBBERSON
7 July 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	60 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	ROBINSON
5 July 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	60 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	UPTON
12 July 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	LEE
28 June 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	CABALLO
10 June 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	COSTEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Quay County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ford (historical): 6 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Quay 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
McAlister	2.8 miles	7
House	5.1 miles	6
Jordan	7.1 miles	6
Ragland	10.1 miles	7
Hassell	10.3 miles	6
Kirk (historical)	10.5 miles	7
Hartford (historical)	13.8 miles	6
Forrest	14.0 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920786. 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.