Torrance County, New Mexico

98 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

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From the record

9 National Register listings published here, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

New Mexico within the United States

Torrance County within New Mexico

Explore by year From 1904 To 1921

What the record shows

1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Estancia, between 1908 and 1930.
3 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
420 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
9 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 5 buildings, 2 districts, 1 site and 1 structure.
3 of the 9 listings were added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 46 populated places in this county; 46 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

30 photographs, 1943

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Abo, New Mexico. Going through the town on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Encino, New Mexico. Passing a section house along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Willard, New Mexico. Flagman walks back to flag any oncoming trains his train stops for water between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Mountainair, New Mexico. A cultivated field along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Encino, New Mexico. Sheep and cattle ranch along the Atchison, Topeka and Sata Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Encino (vicinity), New Mexico. Landscape along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad enroute to Belen, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Encino, New Mexico. Passing through the town on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Mountainair, New Mexico. Going through the town on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico. The surrounding area raises great quantities of red beans
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Willard, New Mexico. Passing through the town on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Mountainair, New Mexico. Countryside along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Lucy, New Mexico. Passing a ranch along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Willard, New Mexico. Passing a filling station in the desert country along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Mountainair (vicinity), New Mexico. Landscape along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Encino (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing a section house along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Abo (vicinity), New Mexico. Going through the country along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad enroute to Belen, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Mountainair, New Mexico. Going down the mountain on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico. Filling station and adobe houses on roadside
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Willard, New Mexico. Stopping for water along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Abo, New Mexico. Train stopping along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Missions of San Buenaventura & San Isidro, New Mexico Highway 14, Mountainair vicinity, Mountainair, Torrance County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Mission San Gregorio de Abo, State Highway 513, Mountainair vicinity, Abo, Torrance County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

The Torreon, Manzano, Torrance County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Abo	site	1966	66000497
Duran Historic District	district	2021	100005733
Greene Evans Garage	building	1993	93001211
Moriarty Eclipse Windmill	structure	1979	79001561
Mountainair Municipal Auditorium	building	1987	87000651
Quarai	district	1966	66000498
Rancho Bonito	building	1978	78001834
Shaffer Hotel	building	1978	78003077
Willard Mercantile Company	building	2018	100003219

Digitised newspapers

18 issues

Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.

The Morning News

Estancia, N.M., 1911 to 1912. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

The Estancia News

Estancia, Torrance County, N.M., 1904 to 1912. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

Las Nuevas De La Estancia

Estancia, Nuevo Méjico, 1904 to 1908. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

The Mountainair Independent

Mountainair, N.M., 1916 to 1941. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

Estancia News-Herald

Estancia, Torrance County, N.M., 1912 to 19??. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

1 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 1 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

New Mexico Museum of the Old West. The spirit of the old west still lives at The Longhorn Ranch, Boston Public Library - undated — New Mexico Museum of the Old West. The spirit of the old west still lives at The Longhorn Ranch. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

48 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 2,608 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-02-01, scale 1:35400 — 1947-02-01, scale 1:35400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-10-09, scale 1:28400 — 1951-10-09, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-08-18, scale 1:28400 — 1952-08-18, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-09-16, scale 1:28400 — 1953-09-16, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-01-31, scale 1:54000 — 1954-01-31, scale 1:54000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-08-30, scale 1:130000 — 1956-08-30, scale 1:130000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-10-11, scale 1:18400 — 1962-10-11, scale 1:18400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-07-15, scale 1:29600 — 1964-07-15, scale 1:29600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-06-02, scale 1:21670 — 1966-06-02, scale 1:21670. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-10-09, scale 1:32000 — 1967-10-09, scale 1:32000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-07, scale 1:30800 — 1971-02-07, scale 1:30800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-05-19, scale 1:33600 — 1973-05-19, scale 1:33600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-06-01, scale 1:76000 — 1975-06-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

44 stations

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

MOUNTAINAIR 1902 to 2026, hottest 39.4 C, coldest -31.7 C
ESTANCIA 4N 1904 to 2020, hottest 40.0 C, coldest -38.3 C
TORRANCE 1904 to 1926, hottest 41.1 C, coldest -22.2 C
PALMA 2 NE 1905 to 1968
DURAN 1908 to 1951, hottest 38.9 C, coldest -23.9 C
TAJIQUE 4 N 1910 to 1970, hottest 37.2 C, coldest -29.4 C
TAJIQUE NEAR 1912 to 1919, hottest 28.9 C, coldest -26.1 C
WILLARD NEAR 1912 to 1923, hottest 41.1 C, coldest -35.6 C
MORIARTY NEAR 1913 to 1919
MC INTOSH 4 NW 1928 to 1976, hottest 37.2 C, coldest -38.9 C
PEDERNAL 9 E 1929 to 2026, hottest 40.6 C, coldest -33.9 C
PROGRESSO 1929 to 2012, hottest 18.9 C, coldest -16.7 C
PFEISTER RCH 1942 to 1955
CLINES CORNERS 7SE 1968 to 2013, hottest 41.1 C, coldest -33.9 C
TAJIQUE 1970 to 1979, hottest 37.8 C, coldest -32.2 C
MOUNTAINAIR 1.0 S 1998 to 2021
MORIARTY 1 NE 1998 to 2026, hottest 38.3 C, coldest -35.6 C
CLINES CORNERS 1998 to 2026, hottest 37.2 C, coldest -28.8 C
LOS ALAMOS 6.5 SE 2005 to 2006
EDGEWOOD 7.0 SSW 2008 to 2026
MOUNTAINAIR 8NW 2008 to 2026, hottest 38.3 C, coldest -33.3 C
MCINTOSH 4.1 SW 2010 to 2018
MOUNTAINAIR 2 WSW 2010 to 2014, hottest 36.6 C, coldest -27.3 C
TAJIQUE 1.1 SSE 2011 to 2014
MORIARTY 4.3 E 2013 to 2016
MOUNTAINAIR 5.8 WSW 2014 to 2021
MOUNTAINAIR 0.4 W 2015 to 2017
MOUNTAINAIR 4.2 WSW 2015 to 2026
MOUNTAINAIR 4.5 W 2015 to 2021
MOUNTAINAIR 0.3 SSW 2017 to 2024
ESTANCIA 6.4 WSW 2017 to 2026
ESTANCIA 7.1 WSW 2017 to 2026
ESTANCIA 6.4 WSW (#2) 2017 to 2026
MOUNTAINAIR 4.8 WNW 2018 to 2026
ESTANCIA 9.4 NW 2018 to 2026
MOUNTAINAIR 2.2 N 2018 to 2026
ESTANCIA 10.6 WNW 2019 to 2026
ENCINO 1.0 W 2019 to 2021
MORIARTY 0.2 NE 2019 to 2020
MORIARTY 1.0 SSW 2020 to 2026
EDGEWOOD 1.8 SSE 2021 to 2025
EDGEWOOD 5.1 SE 2022 to 2024
MCINTOSH 4.4 ESE 2022 to 2026
ESTANCIA 2.4 WSW 2023 to 2026

The 1950 census, district by district

34 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

30-1Election Precinct 1, Tajiaue
30-2Election Precinct 2, Torreon
30-3Election Precinct 3, Manzano
30-4Election Precinct 4, Cienega
30-5Election Precinct 5, Punta
30-6Election Precinct 6, Willard: Willard village
30-7Election Precinct 6, Willard - That part outside Willard village
30-8Estancia town, comprising parts of Election Precincts 7A, Estancia and 75, Estancia: Estancia town - That part in Election Precinct 7A, Estancia
30-9Estancia town - That part in Election Precinct 7B, Estancia
30-10Election Precinct 7A, Estancia - That part outside Estancia town (Remainder of Election Precinct 7A, Estancia, is in Estancia town)
30-11Election Precinct 7B, Estancia - That part outside Estancia town (Remainder of Election Precinct 73, Estancia, is in Estancia town)
30-12Election Precinct 8, Moriarty
30-13Election Precinct 9, Palma
30-14Election Precinct 10, Duran
30-15Election Precinct 11, Pinos Wells
30-16Election Precinct 12, Encino: Encino village
30-17Election Precinct 12, Encino - That part outside Encino village
30-18Election Precinct 13, Abo
30-19Election Precinct 14, Lucy
30-20Mountainair town, comprising parts of Election Precincts 15A, Mountainair and 15B, Mountainair: Mountainair town - That part in Election Precinct 15A, Mountainair
30-21Mountainair town - That part in Election Precinct 15B, Mountainair
30-22Election Precinct 15A, Mountainair - That part outside Mountainair town (Remainder of Election Precinct 15A, Mountainair, is in Mountainair town)
30-23Election Precinct 15B, Mountainair town - That part outside Mountainair town
30-24Election Precinct 16, McIntosh
30-25Election Precinct 17, Ewing
30-26Election Precinct 18, Cedarvale
30-27Election Precinct 19, Lucero: Election Precinct 19, Lucero - That part outside Isleta Indian Reservation
30-28Election Precinct 19, Lucero - That part in Isleta Indian Reservation (Remainder of Isleta Indian Reservation is in Bernalillo and Valencia Counties)
30-29Election Precinct 20, Varney
30-30Election Precinct 21, Wilson
30-31Election Precinct 22, Progresso
30-32Election Precinct 24, Pedernal
30-33Election Precinct 25, Roosevelt
30-34Election Precinct 26, Gran Quivera

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

797 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 797 of them, burning about 81,896 acres. 217 started naturally and 7 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	324
Natural	217
Recreation and ceremony	75
Debris and open burning	61
Equipment and vehicle use	58
Smoking	27
Power generation/transmission/distribution	8
Arson/incendiarism	7
Fireworks	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Other causes	1
Firearms and explosives use	1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
14 June 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	17,912 acres	Cibola National Forest	DOGHEAD
2 March 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	8,000 acres	Las Vegas District	FRIO DRAW
19 November 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6,969 acres	Cibola National Forest	OJO PEAK
24 June 2008	Natural	5,478 acres	Cibola National Forest	BIG SPRING
21 May 2004	Recreation and ceremony	5,280 acres	Cibola National Forest	LOOKOUT
21 April 2001	Recreation and ceremony	4,500 acres	Cibola National Forest	PINATOSA
22 June 2008	Natural	3,000 acres	Bernalillo District	BAR S
20 December 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3,000 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	JEAN

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1957 to 2025

60 of 245 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 245 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 13 injuries and about $2,027,310 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Hail	131
Thunderstorm Wind	49
Flash Flood	27
Tornado	18
Funnel Cloud	13
Lightning	3
Dust Devil	2
Flood	1
Heavy Rain	1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2017	Hail	(Cqc)Clines Corners	10 hurt, $1,000,000	A major hail storm struck Interstate 40 at State Road 3 producing significant damage and impacts to travel. Hail up to the size of tennis balls slammed the Interstate. Numerous vehicles had windshields smashed out. Traffic was stopped for over two hours. Emergency response personnel attended to several stranded vehicles with injured motorists. Hail was up to five inches deep and flooding was reported along highway.
July 2013	Lightning	Moriarty	2 hurt, $10,000	A car traveling east bound on Interstate 40 three miles east of Moriarty at mile marker 199 with 4 occupants was struck by lightning. One child and one adult were injured and treated at the scene. Car's electronics were destroyed and vehicle towed from scene.
April 2014	Lightning	Moriarty	1 hurt	A man was grazed by a lightning strike 10 feet away while photographing a dust devil near Moriarty. The man survived the shock however no details on the extent of his injuries was reported.
September 2021	Flash Flood	Moriarty	$250,000	One to two inches of heavy rainfall caused flash flooding in Moriarty. Torrance County Dispatch reported torrential rainfall with a severe thunderstorm crossing Interstate 40 near Moriarty. Visibility was near zero which forced many travelers to pull off the road. Several Moriarty residents reported flood damage from the heavy rainfall. The water continued to flow southward through McIntosh and even caused Estancia Park Lake to overfill its banks. The extent of damages is unknown, therefore, damage amounts are a rough estimate.
July 2021	Hail	Pinos Wells	$150,000	A trained spotter near Corona reported baseball size hail from a severe thunderstorm tracking north-northeast through the area. The spotter reported that their front and rear windshields on their truck were broken as well as their rearview mirrors. Other reports of damage to about 100 vehicles was received although the extent of the damage is not known. A horse trailer also sustained damage while a horse lost one of its eyes due to hail injuries. Damages are estimated for extensive vehicle damage.
September 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Moriarty	$100,000	A severe thunderstorm tracking southeast across Interstate 40 near Moriarty caused thunderstorm wind damage with estimated 60 to 70 mph winds. A Moriarty resident reported that multiple trees were downed in the area with widespread power outages. Another resident's above ground cistern was also moved several feet by the strong winds. Schwebach Farms in Moriarty reported extensive damage to their entire farm crops which forced them to harvest the entire crop immediately. Damages are a rough estimate.
June 1999	Hail	Estancia	$100,000	Large hail pounded vehicles and broke windows after a storm moved south from Santa Fe and merged with other storms near Estancia and northeast of Willard.
October 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Moriarty	$80,000	A steel building was destroyed and blown onto Interstate 40, six power poles were snapped, at least three water tanks were damaged beyond repair and a pumpkin shooter was damaged from sustained winds estimated at 55 to 70 mph with gusts of 90-100 mph. Corn stalks were also damaged in a large corn maze.
July 2021	Hail	Duran	$50,000	A COOP observer reported ping pong size hail from a slow-moving thunderstorm near Duran. The observer also reported several vehicles were damaged due to broken windshields and rearview mirrors. Damages are estimated for the unknown amount of vehicles damaged.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Mc Intosh	$50,000	Thunderstorm downburst winds destroyed a barn in McIntosh. Damage amounts are a rough estimate.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Moriarty Arpt	$30,000	A resident in Moriarty reported severe thunderstorm winds that resulted in damage within their neighborhood. The resident reported that the thunderstorm gusts blew their garage door off its tracks. The severe winds also overturned a 5th wheel travel trailer which landed on a mini-van. Damages are estimated for the garage door and the damage to the trailer and van.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Moriarty	$20,000	A thunderstorm downburst lifted a large solar panel unit and its concrete pillars out of the ground and tossed it several feet away. Many of the panels and the steel frame were damaged or destroyed.
June 2016	Hail	(Cqc)Clines Corners	$20,000	Golf ball size hail on Interstate 40 at Clines Corners. Torrential rainfall near 2.5 inches also fell with this storm.
June 2016	Hail	(Cqc)Clines Corners	$20,000	Quarter to golf ball size hail, with a few up to hen egg size, accumulated 2 to 4 inches deep along U.S. Highway 285. Three vehicles had to pulled out of ditches in the area.
June 2016	Hail	(Cqc)Clines Corners	$20,000	Golf ball size hail smashed car windows at Flying C Ranch east of Clines Corners.
September 2013	Flash Flood	Mc Intosh	$20,000	Roads became impassible and a vehicle was stranded near a ranch. A barn and nearby building were flooded. Flash flooding turned into areal flooding as rain continued and water remained over roadways through the following morning. Low lying areas throughout the area ended up flooded.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Mc Intosh	$15,000	Reports included an overturned semi-trailer truck, downed radio tower and near complete destruction of a barn-like structure.
August 2013	Flash Flood	Tajique	$15,000	Car washed off Riley Rd. when an arroyo overflowed between Routes 55 and 542. Vehicle dangled over the edge of arroyo and almost fell into the arroyo. Driver escaped safely.
July 2003	Hail	Encino	$15,000	no account filed
June 2024	Flash Flood	Willard	$10,000	Broadcast media shared a report from a semi-truck driver of flash flooding along NM Highway 42 just southeast of Willard, NM. Accumulating hail and an estimated 6 to 8 inches of heavy rain washed out and shutdown this stretch of highway. Snow plows were needed to be used to clear the way. There are no reports of injuries or casualties. Damage is an estimate.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Moriarty	$10,000	Dry microbursts with gusts of 50 to 60 mph were reported across Bernalillo and western Torrance counties. Roof damage was reported and a tractor trailor was turned on its side between Edgewood and Moriarty.
June 2025	Hail	Moriarty	$5,000	A CoCoRaHS observer reported golf ball size hail from a severe thunderstorm shattering the rain gauge and causing house and vehicle damage.
August 2016	Hail	Moriarty	$5,000	Slight hail damage to vehicle.
August 2014	Flash Flood	Tajique	$5,000	Three buildings had water flow into them including the dining hall, the tabernacle and the gymnasium at the Inlow Baptist youth camp.
August 2013	Flash Flood	Torreon	$5,000	Vehicle stuck in water. Driver tried to cross flooded road or low water crossing on Spangler Rd. between Routes 55 and 542. Needed police assistance.
July 2009	Dust Devil	Moriarty Arpt	$5,000	The strong dust devil produced some damage, including ripping the metal siding off a hay barn, damaging a coral and knocking over a 5th wheel trailer.
October 2004	Hail	Encino	$3,000	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	Encino	$2,000	Large hail killed about 25 lambs west of Encino.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Moriarty	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds caused barn roof damage in Moriarty.
August 2020	Lightning	Encino	$1,500	A lightning strike killed two cows at the Pedernal COOP ranch. Damage amounts are estimated for the loss of cattle property.
July 2010	Flash Flood	Encino	$1,500	Water up to one foot deep covered Highway 285/60 between Encino and Vaughn from 530 pm to 600 pm MST. Spotters reported large debris along the roadway, and significant fence line damage.
May 2023	Hail	Estancia	$1,000	There was a CoCoRaHS report of 1.5 inch hail that caused unknown minor damage.
May 2023	Hail	Encino	$1,000	A trained spotter reported hail stones up to 3.5 inches in diameter west of Encino. This resulted in a broken car windshield.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Encino	$1,000	COOP Observer reported strong winds causing a large tree limp to snap and land on carport.
August 2013	Hail	Moriarty	$1,000	Broadcast media partner relayed report of hail ranging in size from marble to golf ball in association with a passing storm near Moriarty. One half an inch of rain was also reported.
July 2010	Flash Flood	Mc Intosh	$1,000	Water accumulated on State Highway 41 with county roads along side the highway impassable.
May 2007	Hail	Encino	$1,000	Between 327pm and 415pm MST there were 3 reports of large hail and 2 reports of funnel clouds around Encino. Hail size ranged from 0.75 inch to 1.75 inches.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Willard	$1,000	A dust devil or brief land spout beneath developing cumulus clouds east of Willard caused minor damage to a mobile home. No lightning or radar signatures were indicated near the location.
July 1959	Tornado (F0)	not stated	$250	no account filed
October 1958	Tornado (F0)	not stated	$30	no account filed
May 1957	Tornado (F0)	not stated	$30	no account filed
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	(Cqc)Clines Corners	-	The Clines Corners ASOS measured a 61 mph wind gust as showers moved through the area.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Estancia	-	A public weather station near Estancia measured a 59 mph wind gust as showers moved through the area.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	(Cqc)Clines Corners	-	The Clines Corners ASOS measured a 59 mph wind gust as another round of showers moved through the area.
May 2025	Hail	Moriarty Arpt	-	An amateur radio spotter observed quarter size hail in the Echo Ridge subdivision in Moriarty from a severe thunderstorm.
June 2025	Hail	Moriarty	-	Quarter to half dollar sized hail was observed a few miles south of I-40 at Edgewood from a severe thunderstorm.
June 2025	Hail	Moriarty	-	Hail as large as tennis ball size was observed in Moriarty from a severe thunderstorm.
June 2025	Hail	Moriarty	-	Penny size hail was observed from a strong thunderstorm along NM 41 south of Moriarty.
June 2025	Flash Flood	Derramadero	-	Large accumulations of hail and rainfall overflowed drainages and flooded parts of the interstate and the nearby service roads along I-40 at Bowlins Flying C Ranch.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	(Cqc)Clines Corners	-	The Clines Corners ASOS observed a high wind gust of 59 mph from a nearby high based storm.
June 2024	Hail	Progresso	-	Hail up to two inch in diameter accumulated to a depth of six inches from a stationary severe thunderstorm near Willard, which resulted in flash flooding and the closure of NM Highway 42.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Moriarty	-	A trained spotter a few miles south of Edgewood estimated a 60 mph wind gust from a severe thunderstorm.
June 2024	Flash Flood	Quarai	-	NM 542 just north of the intersection with NM 55 closed due to heavy rains and 8 to 10 inches of fast flowing water over the highway.
June 2024	Flash Flood	Quarai	-	NMDOT reported standing water on NM 542 and NM 55 prompting a road closure.
September 2024	Tornado (EFU)	Clines Corners	-	A tornado producing no damage touched down just northwest of Clines Corners between I-40 and U.S. Highway 285, travelling northeast. A survey revealed no apparent damage with an estimated width of 50 yards and path length of approximately one mile.
August 2024	Flash Flood	Moriarty	-	A driveway a few miles south of Edgewood became flooded and impassable.
August 2024	Flash Flood	Clines Corners	-	An arroyo that flows underneath I-40 just east of Wagon Wheel flooded and exceeded its banks with an observed water rise of 7 feet.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	(Cqc)Clines Corners	-	A wind gust of 62 mph was observed at Clines Corners ahead of a thunderstorm complex.
May 2023	Hail	Encino	-	There were several hail reports in and just south of Encino along State Highway 3 ranging in size from quarters to half-dollars.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Encino	-	Eight to ten inch branch snapped off tree in sudden change of wind direction. Accompanied by pea sized hail.

Mines and quarries

77 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 77 workings inside this county. 3 still produce and 74 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction	43
Geothermal	18
Iron	5
Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite	2
Halite	2
Stone	2
Barium-Barite	2
Copper	1
Silver, Lead, Gold	1
Uranium	1
Gemstone	1
Magnesite, Sodium	1
Sodium, Magnesite	1
Fluorine-Fluorite	1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Abo Mine	Silver, Copper	Unknown
Laguna Del Perro	Halite, Sodium, Magnesite	Past Producer	Halite
Laguna Salina	Halite, Magnesite, Sodium	Past Producer	Halite
Manzano Mountains	Gemstone	Producer	Metamorphic
Scholle District	Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Uranium	Past Producer	1905, 1915, 1961
Tina	Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence
Hagerman Pit	Stone	Producer
Pedernal Quarry	Stone	Producer
Schockley	Barium-Barite	Occurrence
Tina Barite Deposit	Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence
Tina Prospect	Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence	Vein
Adams Iron Pit	Iron	Unknown
Chupadera	Iron	Occurrence
Garner	Iron	Unknown
Geoslim Pit	Iron	Unknown
Iron King Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Bluehall I Kistler	Geothermal	Unknown
Chief 1-A Pace	Geothermal	Unknown
Chief I Pace	Geothermal	Unknown
Drice I Garland	Geothermal	Unknown
Estancia 1 Kellogg	Geothermal	Unknown
Estancia 1 Kutchin	Geothermal	Unknown
Estancia 1 Roland	Geothermal	Unknown
Estancia 2 Dehart	Geothermal	Unknown
Estancia 3 Dehart	Geothermal	Unknown
Estancia 4 Dehart	Geothermal	Unknown
Estancia 5 Dehart	Geothermal	Unknown
Estancia I Crawford	Geothermal	Unknown
Lee I Milburn	Geothermal	Unknown
Meyers 1 Milburn	Geothermal	Unknown
Meyers 1 Smith	Geothermal	Unknown
Unnamed Prospect	Geothermal	Unknown
Unnamed Well	Geothermal	Unknown
Unnamed Well	Geothermal	Unknown
Bronco Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Dunlam Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Jack's Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Mountainair Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every populated place in the county

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 1 place that was also surveyed for fire insurance comes first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

Estancia

Estancia census division · 87016 · Estancia quadrangle

10 sheets, 1917 to 1986

Fire insurance: 3 atlases
Abo

Mountainair-Encino census division · 87036 · Near Cañon Barranco · Abo quadrangle

8 sheets, 1954 to 1995
Antelope Springs

Estancia census division · 87016 · Near Compton Draw · Estancia quadrangle

10 sheets, 1917 to 1986
Broncho

Mountainair-Encino census division · 87036 · Near Tabet Draw · Mountainair quadrangle

10 sheets, 1917 to 1986
Candelaria Place

Estancia census division · 87061 · Near Cañon del Encierro · Torreon quadrangle

12 sheets, 1917 to 1991
Carnero

Mountainair-Encino census division · 88321 · Dunlap Ranch quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1984
Cedarvale

Mountainair-Encino census division · 88318 · Cedarvale quadrangle

7 sheets, 1954 to 1995
Chato

Estancia census division · 87061 · Near Cañon del Chato · Torreon quadrangle

12 sheets, 1917 to 1991
Chupadera

Mountainair-Encino census division · 87036 · Near Canon Cueva · Chupadera quadrangle

7 sheets, 1954 to 1979
Clines Corners

Estancia census division · 87070 · Clines Corners quadrangle

12 sheets, 1894 to 1983
Culebra

Mountainair-Encino census division · 88321 · Lucy quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1984
Deer Canyon

Mountainair-Encino census division · 87036 · Abo quadrangle

8 sheets, 1954 to 1995
Derramadero

Mountainair-Encino census division · 88321 · Near Carrizo Canyon · Pinavete Canyon quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1984
Dummoor

Mountainair-Encino census division · 88321 · Pedernal quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1984
Duran

Mountainair-Encino census division · 88318 · Duran quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1981
El Gato

Estancia census division · 87036 · Near Cañon Colorado · Punta de Agua quadrangle

11 sheets, 1917 to 1995
Encino

Mountainair-Encino census division · 88321 · Encino quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1984
Estancia Ranchettes

Estancia census division · 87035 · Lobo Hill quadrangle

7 sheets, 1954 to 1990
Gallegos

Estancia census division · 87015 · Edgewood quadrangle

19 sheets, 1892 to 1990
Gran Quivira

Mountainair-Encino census division · 87036 · Near South Canyon · Gran Quivira quadrangle

7 sheets, 1954 to 1979
La Cienega

Mountainair-Encino census division · 87036 · Punta de Agua quadrangle

11 sheets, 1917 to 1995
Los Chavez

Mountainair-Encino census division · 87036 · Near Cañon de la Gotera · Punta de Agua quadrangle

11 sheets, 1917 to 1995
Lucy

Mountainair-Encino census division · 87063 · Lucy quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1984
Manzano

Estancia census division · 87061 · Near Cañon de Bartolo · Torreon quadrangle

12 sheets, 1917 to 1991
Martinez

Estancia census division · 87015 · Chilili quadrangle

13 sheets, 1917 to 1991
McIntosh

Estancia census division · 87032 · Near Cienega Draw · Estancia quadrangle

10 sheets, 1917 to 1986
Moriarty

Estancia census division · 87035 · Moriarty South quadrangle

10 sheets, 1917 to 1986
Mountainair

Mountainair-Encino census division · 87036 · Mountainair quadrangle

10 sheets, 1917 to 1986
Negra

Mountainair-Encino census division · 88321 · Negra quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1984
North Lucy

Mountainair-Encino census division · 88321 · Near Red Hill · North Lucy quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1984
Otto

87056 · Moriarty North quadrangle

17 sheets, 1892 to 1986
Palma

Mountainair-Encino census division · 88321 · On Palma Hill · Palma quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1984
Pedernal

Mountainair-Encino census division · 88321 · Pedernal quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1984
Pine Springs

Estancia census division · 87015 · Near Arroyo de Yrisarri · Chilili quadrangle

13 sheets, 1917 to 1991
Progresso

Mountainair-Encino census division · 87063 · Progresso quadrangle

7 sheets, 1954 to 1995
Punta de Agua

Mountainair-Encino census division · 87036 · Near Cañon Sapato · Punta de Agua quadrangle

11 sheets, 1917 to 1995
Roundtop

Mountainair-Encino census division · 87036 · Near Round Top · Round Top quadrangle

7 sheets, 1954 to 1979

No longer a settlement
Scholle

87036 · Scholle quadrangle

8 sheets, 1954 to 1995
Silio

Mountainair-Encino census division · 87063 · Laguna Del Perro South quadrangle

6 sheets, 1954 to 1984
Tajique

Estancia census division · 87016 · Near Cañon de Tajique · Tajique quadrangle

11 sheets, 1917 to 1995
Thunderbird

Mountainair-Encino census division · 87036 · Near Ox Canyon · Manzano Peak quadrangle

11 sheets, 1917 to 1995
Torrance

Mountainair-Encino census division · 88318 · Corona North quadrangle

7 sheets, 1954 to 1995
Torreon

Estancia census division · 87061 · Torreon quadrangle

12 sheets, 1917 to 1991
Varney

Mountainair-Encino census division · 88318 · Corona North quadrangle

7 sheets, 1954 to 1995
Willard

Mountainair-Encino census division · 87063 · Willard quadrangle

10 sheets, 1917 to 1986
Witt

Estancia census division · 87016 · Near Cienega Draw · Estancia quadrangle

10 sheets, 1917 to 1986

The vanished settlements of Torrance County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Estancia, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1908 to 1930

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

3 structures

The vanished settlements of Torrance County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
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.