BlockGrama, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hatch census division. It stands on Barbee Draw. The Survey maps it on the Rincon 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.
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rincon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Hatch quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Grama between 2007 and 2011, burning about 45 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2007 | Natural | 5.6 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | LA JOLLA |
| 13 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 39 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | UPHAM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Grama: 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rincon Well | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Horseshoe Deposit | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit #10 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 62-16-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Morgan | Manganese, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand and Gravel Prospect | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel, Sand | |
| Unnamed Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Cook Placer Claims | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Last Chance | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Morgan | Manganese | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grama in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grama | - | White Sands Missile Range reported strong thunderstorm winds and .87 inches of heavy rain at one of its SAMS sites as a severe thunderstorm moved through. |
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 920604. 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.