Gallaher, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Clovis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88101. The Survey maps it on the Portair quadrangle.
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 Clovis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Portair quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Portair quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
46 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Gallaher between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,788 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 | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2000 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CLOVIS |
| 11 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LONGHORN |
| 7 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 23 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DEAN'S |
| 7 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CANNON |
| 5 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CREDIT |
| 3 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TUCKER |
| 3 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 220 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | OSCAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Gallaher: 5 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 58-6-F | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Processing Plant | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portair | 0.3 miles | 8 | |
| Clovis | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Grier | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Ranchvale | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Vrain | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Texico | 13.1 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 14.3 miles | 7 | |
| Claud | 14.6 miles | 7 |
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 Q122555005 | 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 899642. 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.



