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.
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
J. P. Strong Storelisted 1979
Narciso Valdez Houselisted 1980- Ocate Creek Crossing and the Santa Fe Trail-Mora County Trail Segmentslisted 1994
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Ocate quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Taos quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Ocate quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
68 since 1993Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2000 | Natural | 15 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BLATTMAN |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | UNION |
| 4 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RIMROCK |
| 15 September 2017 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Las Vegas District | DOMINIC |
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WHITE |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | 800 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MESA |
| 21 August 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Cimarron District | AGULIA |
| 14 August 2017 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Las Vegas District | ELK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laizy Daisy | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
20 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Hail | Ocate | - | Very heavy rain and quarter sized hail falling at the time of report. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Ocate | - | A trained spotter near Ocate reported 1 inch hail from a severe thunderstorm moving northeastward through the area. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Ocate | - | A COOP observer near Ocate reported nickel size hail with a strong thunderstorm that moved southeast over the area. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Ocate | - | Hail up to the size of ping pong ball and very heavy rainfall impacted folks northwest of Ocate. |
| August 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Ocate | - | A trained spotter and the COOP observer for Ocate reported two brief funnel clouds. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Ocate | - | Half dollar hail in Ocate. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Ocate | - | Quarter size hail lasted 10 minutes and covered the ground. |
| June 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Ocate | - | No damage was reported. The tornado stirred up grass and dust near Ocate Crater. |
| August 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Ocate | - | Skywarn spotter reported brief funnel cloud. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Ocate | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Ocate | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Ocate | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Ocate | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Ocate | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Ocate | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Ocate | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Ocate | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Ocate | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ocate | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Ocate | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naranjos | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Los Huerros | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Los LeFebres | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Halls Peak (historical) | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Ojo Feliz | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Los Cocas | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Guadalupita | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| La Jara | 11.3 miles | 10 |
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.




