Fort Wingate, New Mexico
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Red Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87316. The Survey maps it on the Fort Wingate quadrangle.
On record in Fort Wingate
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1886 USGS Wingate quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Wingate quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Fort Wingate quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Zuni quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Fort Wingate quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Fort Wingate between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Natural | 5.7 acres | Cibola National Forest | FT. WINGATE |
| 19 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | 400 |
| 4 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | WINGATE |
| 3 August 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | RON |
| 12 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | BEAR SPRINGS |
| 4 July 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | TURKEY SPRINGS |
| 18 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | FOX |
| 17 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | QUAKING ASPEN |
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 Fort Wingate: 8 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Wingate Army Depot Well | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Iyanbito Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| State Hwy Pit No 57-35-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perea | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Wingate | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| McCune | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Iyanbito | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sundance | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Church Rock | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Jamestown | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Navajo Wingate Village | 6.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 928732. 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.










