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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 7 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 Clovis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Forrest quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1994Regional 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/undetermined | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | COX |
| 18 March 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SUMRALLS |
| 5 January 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,000 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WOODS |
| 12 January 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ODUS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Luck Group | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1955, 1957 | |
| Good Luck Mine | Uranium | 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 | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
16 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forrest | $20,000 | Church in Forrest lost half it's roof and all windows during high wind. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forrest | $10,000 | High wind gusts along the gust front ahead of a line of storms flipped and overturned an 18-wheeler trailer near Forrest. |
| May 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Forrest | - | A funnel cloud was observed Quay County emergency manager east of Tucumcari. |
| May 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Forrest | - | The Quay County emergency manager observed a funnel cloud over open farmland near Forrest, New Mexico. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Forrest | - | An early morning severe thunderstorm near Ragland produced a mixture of quarter to golf ball size hail. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Forrest | - | Hail up to the size of quarters two miles south of Wheatland. |
| October 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forrest | - | Hail and heavy rain also accompanied this storm with an estimated wind gust up to 60 mph. |
| October 2012 | Hail | Forrest | - | 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forrest | - | One inch diameter trees were uprooted. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Forrest | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Forrest | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Forrest | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Forrest | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Forrest | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Forrest | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Hail | Forrest | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowan (historical) | 2.7 miles | 7 | |
| Plain (historical) | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Kirk (historical) | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Ragland | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Puerto (historical) | 9.5 miles | 6 | |
| McAlister | 11.7 miles | 7 | |
| Quay | 12.8 miles | 6 | |
| Jordan | 13.1 miles | 6 |
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.


