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Shoemaker, New Mexico

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Wagon Mound census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87753. It stands on Dog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Watrous quadrangle.

Shoemaker within Mora County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

9 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Shoemaker between 2002 and 2019, burning about 24 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
Natural5
Debris and open burning2
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
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCOTTONWOOD
16 August 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBABY
28 July 2016Natural2.0 acresLas Vegas DistrictVALMORA
13 July 2017Natural1.2 acresLas Vegas DistrictSCHOOL FIRE
27 June 2004Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMARSH
10 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionWATROUS R
6 March 2017Debris and open burning18 acresLas Vegas DistrictBLACK WILLOW
26 February 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionTOM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mora County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Shoemaker: 5 unknowns. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Mora County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shoemaker in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2016: 1 tornado, 1 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2016Flash FloodShoemaker-Torrential rainfall and flooding of arroyos and streams within eastern Mora County led to a massive rise of nine feet in 15 minutes downstream on the Canadian River at Sanchez.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Shoemaker-Supercell thunderstorm spawned a brief tornado that crossed Interstate 25 near mile marker 375. No damage was reported.
June 2014HailShoemaker-In association with tornado.

Every storm recorded in Mora 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
Cherry Valley (historical)2.4 miles13
Valmora2.5 miles13
Watrous5.9 miles13
Optimo6.4 miles13
Tiptonville6.4 miles13
Ciruela10.0 miles13
Loma Parda10.8 miles14
Wagon Mound16.0 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898597. 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.