Ocate is an
unincorporated community
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located in
Mora County,
New Mexico
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, United States. The community is located at the junction of
State Routes 442 and
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, west-northwest of
Wagon Mound. Ocate has a
post office
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with
ZIP code 87734, which opened on January 10, 1870.
It is the location of the
J. P. Strong Store and of the
Narciso Valdez House, which are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
In April 2022, Ocate was threatened by the
Cooks Peak Fire
The Cooks Peak Fire was a wildfire that burned north of the community of Ocate in Mora County and Colfax County, in the U.S. state of New Mexico, as part of the 2022 New Mexico wildfire season. , the fire burned and was 100% contained on t ...
, which burned tens of thousands of acres in Mora and
Colfax counties.
Ocate is within the
Ocate Volcanic Field.
References
Unincorporated communities in Mora County, New Mexico
Unincorporated communities in New Mexico
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