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Forrest, New Mexico

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1971. It stands in the House-Forrest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88427. The Survey maps it on the Forrest quadrangle.

Forrest 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.

Fires near this place

4 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Forrest between 1994 and 1995, burning about 7,270 acres in total. None 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/undetermined4

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
11 June 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCOX
18 March 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSUMRALLS
5 January 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined7,000 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionWOODS
12 January 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionODUS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Quay County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Forrest: 8 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Vanadium. 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
Good Luck GroupUranium, VanadiumPast Producer1955, 1957
Good Luck MineUraniumUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Quay County

Storms near this place

16 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forrest in 16 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 9 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2003Thunderstorm WindForrest$20,000Church in Forrest lost half it's roof and all windows during high wind.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindForrest$10,000High wind gusts along the gust front ahead of a line of storms flipped and overturned an 18-wheeler trailer near Forrest.
May 2025Funnel CloudForrest-A funnel cloud was observed Quay County emergency manager east of Tucumcari.
May 2025Funnel CloudForrest-The Quay County emergency manager observed a funnel cloud over open farmland near Forrest, New Mexico.
May 2021HailForrest-An early morning severe thunderstorm near Ragland produced a mixture of quarter to golf ball size hail.
August 2018HailForrest-Hail up to the size of quarters two miles south of Wheatland.
October 2012Thunderstorm WindForrest-Hail and heavy rain also accompanied this storm with an estimated wind gust up to 60 mph.
October 2012HailForrest-Spotter reported hail size based on the fact that it knocked off side view mirror of his vehicle 0.7 miles south of Forrest.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindForrest-One inch diameter trees were uprooted.
May 2023HailForrest-no account filed
August 2013HailForrest-no account filed
May 2008HailForrest-no account filed
March 2003HailForrest-no account filed
June 2003HailForrest-no account filed
June 2003Funnel CloudForrest-no account filed
October 2000HailForrest-no account filed

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Cowan (historical)2.7 miles7
Plain (historical)4.0 miles7
Kirk (historical)6.0 miles7
Ragland7.7 miles7
Puerto (historical)9.5 miles6
McAlister11.7 miles7
Quay12.8 miles6
Jordan13.1 miles6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898777. 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.