Angostura, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hatch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87937. It stands on Arroyo Angostura. The Survey maps it on the Rincon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rincon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Hatch quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Angostura between 2011 and 2019, burning about 177 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2015 | Natural | 148 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | PELONCILLO |
| 3 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | RIVER |
| 23 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | 37 |
| 13 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | RIO GRANDE 154 2 |
| 13 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | RIO GRANDE 154 1 |
| 29 January 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | LEVY |
| 15 January 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | RIVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Angostura: 13 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan | Manganese, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Rincon Well | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 62-16-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Rhyolite Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | Rhyolite | |
| Unnamed Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Cook Placer Claims | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Last Chance | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Morgan | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Rincon Manganese Deposits | Manganese | Past Producer | 1918, 1958 | |
| Kite Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Angostura in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 3 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 2025 | Flash Flood | Angostura | - | Highway 185 was reported to be impassable between mile markers 25 and 30. |
| September 2025 | Flash Flood | Angostura | - | Report of a water rescue for a vehicle being washed into an arroyo. |
| September 2012 | Flash Flood | Angostura | - | Heavy rain from a slow moving thunderstorm resulted in flooding of state highway 185 just south of Rincon. State Police reported the road closed shortly before 8pm local time while road crews cleaned up debris. |
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 899502. 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.



