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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.

Amistad within Union County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 4 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

4 since 1997

Regional 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/undetermined4

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
18 April 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSHUGART
18 April 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined730 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRICKESTON
18 April 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined160 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSHIELDS
14 March 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresRoswell Field OfficeOLD SCHOOL

Every fire recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

50 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2010Tornado (EF1)Amistad$10,000Damage to residence located just northwest of Amistad.
July 2019Flash FloodAmistad$5,000Heavy 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 1994Thunderstorm WindAmistad$5,000no account filed
June 2018HailAmistad$1,000A 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 2010HailAmistad$1,000Minor roof damage was reported.
August 2025HailAmistad-A severe thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail along state highway 402 3 miles south of Amistad.
June 2025HailAmistad-A trained spotter observed nickel size hail along NM 402 south of Amistad in far southeast Union County.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAmistad-A trained spotter relayed an estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph.
May 2024HailAmistad-A trained spotter north of Nara Visa in far southern Union County reported golf ball size hail from a severe thunderstorm.
May 2024HailAmistad-A trained spotter a few miles south of Amistad reported quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm.
May 2023HailAmistad-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 2021HailAmistad-A trained spotter near Amistad reported one inch hail from a severe thunderstorm.
June 2019HailAmistad-Quarter size hail 10 miles north of Nara Visa.
July 2019Heavy RainAmistad-A spotter measured 3.75 inches of rainfall in just a couple hours several miles south of Amistad.
August 2017HailAmistad-Hail up to the size of ping pong balls covered the ground three miles south of Amistad.
August 2017HailAmistad-Hail up to the size of quarters three miles south-southwest of Amistad.
August 2017HailAmistad-Hail up to the size of quarters near Amistad with one inch of rain in 20 minutes.
August 2015HailAmistad-Quarter to half dollar size hail.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindAmistad-Severe winds with pea size hail and heavy downpour. No damaged observed.
June 2014Flash FloodAmistad-Spotter reported 4 feet of standing water over highway 402 15 miles north of Nara Visa that made road impassable.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindAmistad-Spotter estimated 60 to 70mph wind gusts with hail and heavy rain.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindAmistad-Wind speed of 60 mph was estimated by a trained spotter.
April 2010HailAmistad-KVII TV in Amarillo relayed a report of quarter size hail by a SchoolNet observer.
July 2009HailAmistad-In addition to the hail, a grass fire was started from a lightning strike.
April 2010HailAmistad-no account filed
May 2010HailAmistad-no account filed
July 2009HailAmistad-no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindAmistad-no account filed
August 2008Thunderstorm WindAmistad-no account filed
March 2007HailAmistad-no account filed
September 2007Thunderstorm WindAmistad-no account filed
September 2006Thunderstorm WindAmistad-no account filed
September 2006HailAmistad-no account filed
September 2006HailAmistad-no account filed
May 2005HailAmistad-no account filed
July 2004HailAmistad-no account filed
June 2004HailAmistad-no account filed
June 2004HailAmistad-no account filed
June 2004HailAmistad-no account filed
June 2004Funnel CloudAmistad-no account filed
June 2004HailAmistad-no account filed
June 2004HailAmistad-no account filed
October 2002HailAmistad-no account filed
May 2002HailAmistad-no account filed
May 2002HailAmistad-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindAmistad-no account filed
June 1996Tornado (F0)Amistad-no account filed
May 1996Tornado (F0)Amistad-no account filed
June 1996HailAmistad-no account filed
May 1993HailAmistad-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Union 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
Hayden7.1 miles4
Centerville Corner8.6 miles4
Centerville9.0 miles4
Sedan15.6 miles7
Thomas23.7 miles7
Miera24.2 miles7
Garcia (historical)25.4 miles7
Bates26.1 miles8

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 AmistadAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4746819The 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.