Lingo, New Mexico
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1970. It stands in the Dora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88113. The Survey maps it on the Lingo quadrangle. It stands 3,986 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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 Brownfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Lingo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Lingo between 1992 and 2019, burning about 9,506 acres in total. 25 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 | 33 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DUNCAN |
| 27 September 2011 | Natural | 3.8 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GARDNER |
| 22 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Natural | 74 acres | Capitan District | 20-50730252X |
| 9 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SHANNON |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | 3.7 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MILZ |
| 8 August 2010 | Natural | 20 acres | Capitan District | FOSTER |
| 8 August 2005 | Natural | 11 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ASHBROOK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lingo: 2 unknowns. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
12 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lingo in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 7 hail, 3 tornado, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Hail | Lingo | $50,000 | Hail up to the size of golf balls produced damage to the roof and windows of a home near Lingo. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Lingo | - | Broadcast media reported a brief tornado southwest of Causey. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Lingo | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 1.5 inch hail 9 miles south southwest of Lingo. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Lingo | - | Broadcast media reported a tornado just east of County Road 114 between Causey and Lingo next to a cattle plant. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Lingo | - | Broadcast media reported another tornado just southeast of a cattle plant west of NM 114 between Causey and Lingo. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Lingo | - | Observer reported 4.50 inches of rain 2 miles east of Lingo. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Lingo | - | Observer reported 3.50 inches of rain 2 miles south of Lingo. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Lingo | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Lingo | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Lingo | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lingo | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lingo | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Causey | 6.3 miles | 6 | |
| Garrison | 6.8 miles | 5 | |
| Richland | 8.3 miles | 5 | |
| Longs (historical) | 10.7 miles | 6 | |
| Bluit | 11.6 miles | 6 | |
| Pep | 12.2 miles | 5 | |
| Inez | 12.4 miles | 6 | |
| New Hope (historical) | 13.8 miles | 6 |
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 Lingo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6553916 | 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 898566. 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.



