Omega, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Quemado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87829. It lies near Sweazea Draw. The Survey maps it on the Omega quadrangle.

Omega within Catron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1954 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Omega quadrangle1:24000
1983 USGS Quemado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Omega between 1996 and 2013, burning about 17 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined	2
Natural	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Debris and open burning	2

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
1 September 2005	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	AMANDA
25 June 2006	Natural	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named
25 June 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named
23 June 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	NUTRIAS
25 April 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named
29 March 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	OMEGA
20 March 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Socorro Field Office	OMEGA
18 March 2007	Debris and open burning	14 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Catron 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 Omega: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unnamed Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Catron 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Quemado	6.6 miles	10
Mangas	11.8 miles	10
Pie Town	12.8 miles	11
Tres Lagunas	15.4 miles	10
Greens Gap	20.0 miles	11
Lehew	20.2 miles	10
Salt Lake	22.8 miles	10
Red Hill	27.3 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 923637. 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.