BlockYates, New Mexico
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the North Harding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87743. The Survey maps it on the Yates quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Yates quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Yates between 1999 and 2006, burning about 100 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2006 | Natural | 100 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 10 January 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | YUCCA |
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 Yates: 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 59-83-F | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
14 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yates in 14 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 12 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Hail | Yates | $1,000 | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail that produced damage to windows and skylights. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Yates | - | Penny size hail reported 22 miles east-northeast of Roy. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Yates | - | Rancher reported 5 inches of rainfall. Water was running off Mesa Quitaras and flooding everywhere. Carrizo Creek is running like a river. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Yates | - | Nickel size hail 7 miles south southwest of Yates. |
| May 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Yates | - | Deputies reported brief funnel near Yates. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Yates | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Yates | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Yates | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Yates | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Yates | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Yates | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Yates | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Yates | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Yates | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 900002. 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.