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Glencoe, New Mexico

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Ruidoso census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88324. It lies near Coe Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln quadrangle.

Glencoe within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

42 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Glencoe between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,017 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 2 were 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
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresLincoln National ForestWEST
5 August 2004Naturalunder an acreLincoln National ForestPEPPER
8 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCapitan District21-50110051X
7 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBREAKAWAY
7 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLincoln National Forestnot named
5 July 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMCDANIEL
1 July 2011Natural3.3 acresLincoln National ForestFLUME TANK
1 July 2002Naturalunder an acreRoswell Field OfficeLOST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Glencoe: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bonnell Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer1992
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

4 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glencoe in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 2 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2011Flash FloodGlencoe$10,000The River Ranch RV Park northeast of Ruidoso along Highway 70 had to be evacuated due to flooding. Water was flowing fast out of Gavilan Canyon and the Rio Ruidoso was out of its banks. In addition, Forest Service Roads 120 B and C were flooded and damaged.
July 2024HailGlencoe-A public spotter reported golf ball size hail from a severe thunderstorm a few miles east northeast of Glencoe.
August 2022Flash FloodGlencoe-Heavy rain on the McBride burn scar caused water and debris to flow over Devil's Canyon Road at an Eagle Creek low water crossing. Damagers were not known.
May 2018HailGlencoe-Hail up to the size of golf balls.

Every storm recorded in Lincoln County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
San Patricio6.5 miles9
Lincoln6.7 miles9
Fort Stanton7.2 miles9
Double Crossing8.1 miles14
Hondo9.6 miles9
Baca (historical)9.9 miles13
Ruidoso Downs9.9 miles9
Capitan11.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 906564. 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.