Hanley, New Mexico

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1968. It stands in the Tucumcari census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88401. The Survey maps it on the Cow Canyon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hanley within Quay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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.

1930 USGS Tucumcari quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Cow Canyon quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Hanley (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 5,412 acres in total. 4 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	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3

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
7 August 2001	Natural	10 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	PALOMAS
5 July 2019	Natural	50 acres	Las Vegas District	20-40060037X
21 July 2011	Natural	12 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	SPARK
14 July 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5,000 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	HEATHER
28 June 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Las Vegas District	20-40900728X
26 June 2020	Natural	140 acres	Las Vegas District	20-40880722X
18 June 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	200 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	STUCKEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Quay County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hanley (historical): 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Eight Point Claims	Uranium	Occurrence
Richardson Ranch Prospects	Uranium	Occurrence
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Quay 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Palomas	0.2 miles	6
Hargis	5.3 miles	6
Montoya	8.2 miles	6
Ogle (historical)	9.7 miles	6
Tucumcari	10.4 miles	6
Quay	15.7 miles	6
Lesbia	17.9 miles	6
Frio (historical)	19.5 miles	6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 921080. 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.