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Maljamar, New Mexico

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lovington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88264. The Survey maps it on the Maljamar quadrangle. It stands 4,147 feet above sea level.

Maljamar within Lea 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.

Fires near this place

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Maljamar between 1994 and 2012, burning about 11,629 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking1

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
13 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresCarlsbad Field OfficeCONOCO
29 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Division82
29 July 1997Naturalunder an acreRoswell Field OfficeWHALE
11 July 2011Naturalunder an acreCarlsbad Field OfficeSUPEE
9 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresCarlsbad Field OfficeLOCO 1
25 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use2,576 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionKYLIE SAGE
13 June 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMALSAMAR
1 June 2011Natural1.0 acresCarlsbad Field OfficeSANDY GRASS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lea County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Maljamar: 22 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
State Hwy Pit No. 60-66-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Lea County

Storms near this place

19 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maljamar in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 15 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
May 2005Thunderstorm WindMaljamar$4,000A local utility company reported that a power pole was blown down by severe thunderstorm winds north of Maljamar.
August 2016Flash FloodMaljamar$500Heavy rain fell across Lea County and produced flash flooding near Maljamar. Highway 82 was closed between mile markers 115 and 153 in Lea County. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
May 2008HailMaljamar-Golfball sized hail was reported on New Mexico State highway 529.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindMaljamar-Estimated severe thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph were reported at the intersection of U.S. 62/180 and New Mexico highway 176. No damage was reported.
June 1999HailMaljamar-This cell was the most intense of a line of cells passing through the area.
May 1995HailMaljamar-Reported by SKYWARN Spotters.
May 1995HailMaljamar-Reported by SKYWARN Spotters.
May 1995HailMaljamar-Reported by a cooperative observer.
May 1995HailMaljamar-Cooperative observer report.
June 1995Tornado (F0)Maljamar-Reported by the sheriff's office.
September 1995HailMaljamar-A thunderstorm that formed in Chaves County moved into west-central Lea County moving to the southeast. This storm had several reports of large hail and damaging winds during its life in Southeast New Mexico and the Permian Basin in Texas. While in Lea County penny-size hail was reported 15 miles west of Lovington and later at Monument. 70 mph winds were reported west of Lovington as well. This storm was a classic supercell for much of its life. The storm continued on southeast track across the stateline heading toward Midland.
June 2022HailMaljamar-no account filed
May 2017HailMaljamar-no account filed
May 2010HailMaljamar-no account filed
June 1999HailMaljamar-no account filed
June 1999HailMaljamar-no account filed
June 1999HailMaljamar-no account filed
May 1996HailMaljamar-no account filed
June 1996HailMaljamar-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lea 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
Buckeye14.1 miles5
Halfway21.1 miles6
Lovington22.8 miles6
Arkansas Junction24.4 miles5
Lea26.1 miles6
Hillburn City28.5 miles7
Humble City29.1 miles7
Air Base City30.7 miles7

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 MaljamarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6743845The 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 898374. 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.