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Miami, New Mexico

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Springer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87729. The Survey maps it on the Miami quadrangle. It stands 6,198 feet above sea level.

Miami within Colfax County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Miami between 1996 and 2019, burning about 1,068 acres in total. 14 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
Natural14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
26 August 2014Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMIAMI MESA
14 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHOLLIS
31 July 2016Natural30 acresCimarron DistrictURRACA
29 July 2009Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGONZALITOS
24 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHORSE
21 July 2006Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
18 July 2016Natural40 acresCimarron DistrictSALADO CREEK
18 July 2016Natural88 acresCimarron DistrictMIDDLE CS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colfax County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Miami: 1 unknown. 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
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Colfax County

Storms near this place

3 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Miami in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
August 2018HailMiami$100,000Hail up to the size of ping pong balls produced damage on the east side of Miami. At least one vehicle had significant hail damage with windows smashed out. Windows and skylights were broken at other residences across town. Damage amounts are a rough estimate.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindMiami$20,000Peak winds estimated near 70 mph blew over a cow barn on a ranch in Miami. Damage amounts are a rough estimate.
August 2025Flash FloodMiami-A trained spotter and the county emergency manager reported water flowing over several roadways, including NM Highway 21 along with hail accumulating on the roads near Miami.

Every storm recorded in Colfax 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
Sunny Side5.8 miles12
Rayado7.2 miles12
Sweetwater (historical)7.8 miles12
Springer10.5 miles8
Toril11.3 miles8
Colmor11.7 miles8
Cimarron12.9 miles11
French15.1 miles8

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 MiamiAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6827229The 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 891928. 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.