BlockGamerco, New Mexico
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Red Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87317. The Survey maps it on the Gallup West quadrangle. 1,343 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,729 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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 Gallup West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Gamerco in 1996, burning about 23 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MENTMORE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Gamerco: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallup Brick & Tile Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hogback Mine | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | 1950, 1951, 1960 | |
| Red Dog Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Twin Buttes | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Car-Ball 13 Uran Deposit | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Elkins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gallup Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hyde Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| J & S Enterprise | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Twin Buttes Quarry | Stone | Producer | Basalt |
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gamerco in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2008: 1 cold/wind chill, 1 flash flood. The reports record 4 deaths. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Gamerco | 3 killed, $40,000 | The heavy rain caused water up to three feet deep to flow through downtown Gallup, on either side of Interstate 40. A rock slide occurred near the intersection of West Jefferson Avenue and Highway 491, causing a large boulder to crush three transients who were seeking shelter from the rain. A section of Highway 491 was also flooded 9 miles north of Gallup. A number of homes were flooded in Gallup, including some as far south as Nizhona Boulevard. Sundance Road was also flooded east of Gallup, in a subdivision between Rehoboth and Church Rock. |
| December 1997 | Cold/Wind Chill | Gamerco | 1 killed | A 28 year old woman was found dead. Overnight low temperature at Gallup was -7 degrees. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson (historical) | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Weaver (historical) | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Heaton (historical) | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Gallup | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Allison | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Yah-ta-hey | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Rock Springs | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Mentmore | 5.8 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Gamerco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4961158 | 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 898781. 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.