Amistad, New Mexico
4 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1971. It stands in the Clayton South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88410. The Survey maps it on the Amistad quadrangle. It stands 4,472 feet above sea level.
On record in Amistad
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Amistad Gymnasiumlisted 1996
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 4 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 Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Amistad quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Amistad between 1997 and 2002, burning about 922 acres in total. None 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 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SHUGART |
| 18 April 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 730 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RICKESTON |
| 18 April 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SHIELDS |
| 14 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Roswell Field Office | OLD SCHOOL |
Storms near this place
50 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amistad in 50 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 33 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Amistad | $10,000 | Damage to residence located just northwest of Amistad. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Amistad | $5,000 | Heavy rainfall produced flash flooding along state road 402 around Amistad. One vehicle was washed off the roadway but fortunately no one was killed or injured. The vehicle appeared to have suffered only minor water damage and amounts are a very rough estimate. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amistad | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Amistad | $1,000 | A severe thunderstorm with strong winds and hail up to the size of quarters produced damage to a skylight and partially flooded a barn near Amistad. The observer also reported that nearly 100 birds were killed in the storm. Damage amounts are estimated. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Amistad | $1,000 | Minor roof damage was reported. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Amistad | - | A severe thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail along state highway 402 3 miles south of Amistad. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Amistad | - | A trained spotter observed nickel size hail along NM 402 south of Amistad in far southeast Union County. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amistad | - | A trained spotter relayed an estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Amistad | - | A trained spotter north of Nara Visa in far southern Union County reported golf ball size hail from a severe thunderstorm. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Amistad | - | A trained spotter a few miles south of Amistad reported quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Amistad | - | Hail between half inch and ping pong balls lasting around 45 minutes with significant accumulation. Begin and end time estimated from radar in combination with report duration. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Amistad | - | A trained spotter near Amistad reported one inch hail from a severe thunderstorm. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Amistad | - | Quarter size hail 10 miles north of Nara Visa. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Amistad | - | A spotter measured 3.75 inches of rainfall in just a couple hours several miles south of Amistad. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Amistad | - | Hail up to the size of ping pong balls covered the ground three miles south of Amistad. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Amistad | - | Hail up to the size of quarters three miles south-southwest of Amistad. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Amistad | - | Hail up to the size of quarters near Amistad with one inch of rain in 20 minutes. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Amistad | - | Quarter to half dollar size hail. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amistad | - | Severe winds with pea size hail and heavy downpour. No damaged observed. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Amistad | - | Spotter reported 4 feet of standing water over highway 402 15 miles north of Nara Visa that made road impassable. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amistad | - | Spotter estimated 60 to 70mph wind gusts with hail and heavy rain. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amistad | - | Wind speed of 60 mph was estimated by a trained spotter. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Amistad | - | KVII TV in Amarillo relayed a report of quarter size hail by a SchoolNet observer. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Amistad | - | In addition to the hail, a grass fire was started from a lightning strike. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Hail | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Amistad | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Amistad | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden | 7.1 miles | 4 | |
| Centerville Corner | 8.6 miles | 4 | |
| Centerville | 9.0 miles | 4 | |
| Sedan | 15.6 miles | 7 | |
| Thomas | 23.7 miles | 7 | |
| Miera | 24.2 miles | 7 | |
| Garcia (historical) | 25.4 miles | 7 | |
| Bates | 26.1 miles | 8 |
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 Amistad | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4746819 | 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 898619. 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.


