BlockRayado, New Mexico
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Cimarron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87714. The Survey maps it on the Rayado quadrangle.
On record in Rayado
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Maxwell-Abreu and North (Martinez) Houseslisted 1993 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Springer quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Rayado quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Rayado between 1993 and 2017, burning about 26,673 acres in total. 5 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 | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ZAMORA |
| 8 July 2003 | Natural | 12 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RAYADO |
| 25 July 2017 | Natural | 30 acres | Cimarron District | UU BAR |
| 25 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ORTEGA |
| 15 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MESA |
| 12 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RAYADO |
| 1 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SUNNYSIDE |
| 26 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | URRACA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rayado in 1 storm report in 2022: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Rayado | $15,000 | The Colfax County emergency manager reported minor damage to State Route 21 as the nearby Moras Creek and Rayado Creek flowed over the roadway. Damage was mainly along the shoulder. Damages are estimated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny Side | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Sweetwater (historical) | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Miami | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Cimarron | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Six Mile Gate | 15.2 miles | 11 | |
| Ute Park | 16.4 miles | 13 | |
| Springer | 17.6 miles | 8 | |
| Colmor | 17.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 915884. 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.
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.