BlockMentmore, New Mexico
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Gallup census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87301. It stands on Twin Buttes Wash. The Survey maps it on the Gallup West quadrangle. It stands 6,427 feet above sea level.
On record in Mentmore
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1886 USGS Wingate quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Wingate quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Gallup West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Mentmore between 1998 and 2005, burning about 5 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | TORRIVIO |
| 8 June 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | MENTMORE-1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mentmore: 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Hwy Pit No 57-39-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Twin Buttes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Sundt Pit | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Twin Buttes Quarry | Stone | Producer | Basalt |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mentmore in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Mentmore | $50,000 | Heavy rain near Tse Bonito caused water to flow over State Route 264 at mile marker 1. Reports were received of cars stalled on the roadway. Damages are estimated. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Mentmore | $40,000 | County Road 1 was impassible as water was quickly running over the road and lapping up along the Tse Bonito bridge. Though the bridge remains standing, the water tore off both sides of the bridge. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Buttes | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Defiance | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Allison | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Gallup | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Gamerco | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Red Rock | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Gibson (historical) | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Rock Springs | 6.6 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122550589 | 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 902833. 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.