Separ, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hurley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88045. The Survey maps it on the Separ quadrangle. It stands 4,501 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Separ quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lordsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Separ between 1992 and 2014, burning about 1,339 acres in total. 1 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 | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM42-10 |
| 18 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | NM47-10 |
| 7 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SEPAR |
| 18 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SEPAR |
| 9 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM42-10 |
| 6 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LUCKY 7 |
| 4 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | INTERSTATE |
| 4 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RANCH |
Storms near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Separ in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2015: 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Flash Flood | Separ | $100,000 | A weather spotter measured 4 inches of rain at Separ (between Deming and Lordsburg) from a slow moving thunderstorm. The force of the running water washed out some of a railroad bed, knocked over much of the fencing in the area, and resulted in extensive erosion damage to local roads. |
| October 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Separ | - | Landspout tornado reported just south of Separ. |
| October 2015 | Hail | Separ | - | Up to ping pong ball size hail on Interstate 10 about 3 miles east-southeast of Separ. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Separ | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Flash Flood | Separ | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Separ | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brockman | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Wilna | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Pothook | 16.1 miles | 14 | |
| Vista | 16.3 miles | 14 | |
| Gold Hill (historical) | 17.3 miles | 10 | |
| Minero | 18.5 miles | 14 | |
| Old Hachita | 19.8 miles | 14 | |
| Hachita | 20.2 miles | 15 |
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 Separ | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14706106 | 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 899905. 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.




