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Rehoboth, New Mexico

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Gallup census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87322. It stands on South Fork Puerco River. The Survey maps it on the Gallup East quadrangle. It stands 6,581 feet above sea level.

Rehoboth within McKinley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

2 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Rehoboth between 1996 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. None 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/undetermined2

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
11 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBernalillo District20-61770642X
10 June 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMENTMORE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McKinley County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Rehoboth: 12 unknowns, 10 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Uranium, Vanadium, Geothermal. 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
Fort Wingate Army Depot WellGeothermalUnknown
Gallup Brick & Tile CoClayPast Producer
Hogback MineVanadium, UraniumPast Producer1950, 1951, 1960
J & S EnterpriseStonePast Producer
Twin ButtesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Becenti MineUranium, VanadiumPast Producer
Diamond No. 2 MineUranium, VanadiumPast Producer1952, 1953, 1970
Delter Uran DepositUraniumUnknown
Diamond #2 MineUraniumPast Producer
Hyde DepositUraniumUnknown

Every working recorded in McKinley County

Storms near this place

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rehoboth in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 4 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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
July 2015Flash FloodRehoboth1 killed, $300,000Heavy rain caused State Road 491 north of Gallup to close due to flooding and debris. County Emergency Manager reported flash flooding caused 4 inches of mud and 8 inches of water to enter a juvenile center on the east side of town. He also noted that a few bridges were temporarily closed due to flood waters, along with numerous county roads suffering damage. Exact location and extent of damage was unknown. Allen Joe Begay of White Cone, Arizona was swept away in flood waters while in the Rio Puerco.
August 2010Flash FloodRehoboth$120,000After the Church Rock bridge at Telstar Road collapsed July 31st, a temporary bridge was put in place. Just 2 days later, another bout of flash flooding resulted in the temporary bridge being washed out. A female flood victim had to be rescued the high waters in Church Rock. She sustained only minor injuries. Other vehicles were flooded out in Church Rock as well. In addition, mud as deep as 5 feet plagued Challenger Road again. Superman Canyon Road, Old Church Rock Coal Road, and Becenti Trail were also washed out for the 2nd time in as many days.
August 2013Flash FloodRehoboth$50,000Flooding damaged residence and dining halls at Red Rock Care Center. The combination of heavy rain and hail created a water damming situation that resulted in roof leaks and eventual slight inundation of portions of the facility.
May 2023Tornado (EFU)Rehoboth-The acting fire chief of McKinley County sent a video of a brief landspout tornado near Gallup. It caused no damage.
August 2013Flash FloodRehoboth-Four to 5 feet of water flowed over a bridge on County Road 5, which is locally known as Superman Canyon Road.

Every storm recorded in McKinley 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
Zuni1.0 miles15
White Cliffs2.8 miles15
Church Rock2.9 miles15
Navajo Wingate Village3.3 miles15
McCune3.4 miles15
Gallup4.7 miles15
Heaton (historical)4.7 miles15
Sundance4.8 miles16

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 RehobothAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4960651The 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 902843. 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.