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Ocate, New Mexico

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Wagon Mound census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87734. It stands on Los Huerros Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ocate quadrangle.

Ocate within Mora County

On record in Ocate

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

68 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Ocate between 1993 and 2020, burning about 6,339 acres in total. 42 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
Natural42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

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
8 September 2000Natural15 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBLATTMAN
5 September 2001Natural3.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionUNION
4 September 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRIMROCK
15 September 2017Natural2.5 acresLas Vegas DistrictDOMINIC
7 August 2012Natural10 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionWHITE
3 August 2000Natural800 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMESA
21 August 2010Natural1.0 acresCimarron DistrictAGULIA
14 August 2017Natural2.0 acresLas Vegas DistrictELK FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mora County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ocate: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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
Laizy DaisyUraniumUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Mora County

Storms near this place

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ocate in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 16 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
June 2023HailOcate-Very heavy rain and quarter sized hail falling at the time of report.
May 2021HailOcate-A trained spotter near Ocate reported 1 inch hail from a severe thunderstorm moving northeastward through the area.
June 2020HailOcate-A COOP observer near Ocate reported nickel size hail with a strong thunderstorm that moved southeast over the area.
August 2018HailOcate-Hail up to the size of ping pong ball and very heavy rainfall impacted folks northwest of Ocate.
August 2016Funnel CloudOcate-A trained spotter and the COOP observer for Ocate reported two brief funnel clouds.
June 2013HailOcate-Half dollar hail in Ocate.
August 2009HailOcate-Quarter size hail lasted 10 minutes and covered the ground.
June 2007Tornado (EF0)Ocate-No damage was reported. The tornado stirred up grass and dust near Ocate Crater.
August 1999Funnel CloudOcate-Skywarn spotter reported brief funnel cloud.
June 2008HailOcate-no account filed
June 2008HailOcate-no account filed
June 2007HailOcate-no account filed
May 2006HailOcate-no account filed
April 2004HailOcate-no account filed
May 1999HailOcate-no account filed
May 1999HailOcate-no account filed
May 1997HailOcate-no account filed
July 1996HailOcate-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindOcate-no account filed
July 1996HailOcate-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mora 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
Naranjos3.6 miles8
Los Huerros3.8 miles11
Los LeFebres3.9 miles11
Halls Peak (historical)4.2 miles11
Ojo Feliz8.9 miles11
Los Cocas9.8 miles10
Guadalupita10.4 miles10
La Jara11.3 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899816. 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.