BlockGallinas, New Mexico
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Corona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88318. The Survey maps it on the Rough Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Fort Sumner quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Sumner quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Corona quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Rough Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Rough Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Gallinas between 1994 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | BLACK DOG |
| 8 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BRYAN RANCH |
| 2 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | MUD |
| 20 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | SOUTH TRICK |
| 25 June 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.5 acres | Capitan District | CORONA RR |
| 30 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | RED CLOUD 99 |
| 9 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | JOHNS |
| 23 April 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Gallinas: 5 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Consolidated Prospect | Iron | Past Producer | 1942 | |
| Corona | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Gallinas Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1942 | |
| Iron Chief | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Red Cliff | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gallinas in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Gallinas | - | Flash flooding occurred along Bonito Canyon and other small drainages southeast of Corona. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 906452. 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.