Pep, New Mexico
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Dora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88126. The Survey maps it on the Pep quadrangle. It stands 4,236 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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 Brownfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Pep quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Pep between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,860 acres in total. 16 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 750 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | EVANS |
| 22 September 2011 | Natural | 45 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | KIZER 33 |
| 9 August 2001 | Natural | 5.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TALLY |
| 7 August 2001 | Natural | 30 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WEIR |
| 7 August 2001 | Natural | 90 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 4 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 250 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MUSICK |
| 15 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WADE |
| 10 August 2010 | Natural | 21 acres | Capitan District | FULLERTON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pep: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pep in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 12 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pep | $10,000 | The Roosevelt County Emergency Manager reported downed utility poles at South County Road 33 and South County Road P. Wind speed is an estimate based on damage. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Pep | - | A trained spotter near Pep reported one inch hail from a severe thunderstorm tracking eastward through the area. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Pep | - | A storm chaser observed a brief tornado touchdown ahead of an approaching supercell thunderstorm to the southwest of Pep. The tornado structure was observed as a funnel cloud with dirt swirling around as the ground rotation. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Pep | - | Hail up to the size of quarters one mile south of Pep in association with a tornado warned thunderstorm. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Pep | - | A public spotter posted a picture on Twitter of hail estimated to be the size of a golf ball, perhaps even larger. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Pep | - | A few quarter size hailstones mixed in with predominately dime size hailstones near Pep. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pep | - | High winds from a thunderstorm bent over some trees. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pep | - | Report of 4 inch diameter elm tree branches downed. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Pep | - | Spotter reported 3.10 inches of rain 6 miles southeast of Pep. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Pep | - | Spotter reported 5.10 inches of rainfall 7 miles south southeast of Pep. |
| June 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Pep | - | The tornado touched down for 1 minute near the intersection of County Road 24 and County Road X. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Pep | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Pep | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Pep | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Pep | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Pep | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Pep | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Pep | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Pep | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richland | 3.8 miles | 5 | |
| New Hope (historical) | 4.6 miles | 6 | |
| Garrison | 6.6 miles | 5 | |
| Dora | 7.1 miles | 6 | |
| Longs (historical) | 8.9 miles | 6 | |
| Red Lake (historical) | 9.0 miles | 6 | |
| Causey | 11.5 miles | 6 | |
| Rogers | 11.5 miles | 6 |
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 Pep | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7166180 | 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 898584. 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.



