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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.

Angostura within Doña Ana County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

7 since 2011

Regional 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/undetermined4
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
30 June 2015Natural148 acresLas Cruces Field OfficePELONCILLO
3 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeRIVER
23 March 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLas Cruces Field Office37
13 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeRIO GRANDE 154 2
13 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeRIO GRANDE 154 1
29 January 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeLEVY
15 January 2019Arson/incendiarism25 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeRIVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Doña Ana County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
MorganManganese, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Rincon WellGeothermalUnknown
Materials Pit 62-16-SStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Rhyolite ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceRhyolite
Unnamed Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSandstone
Cook Placer ClaimsManganeseUnknown
Last ChanceManganeseOccurrence
MorganManganeseProspect
Rincon Manganese DepositsManganesePast Producer1918, 1958
Kite PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Flash FloodAngostura-Highway 185 was reported to be impassable between mile markers 25 and 30.
September 2025Flash FloodAngostura-Report of a water rescue for a vehicle being washed into an arroyo.
September 2012Flash FloodAngostura-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.

Every storm recorded in Doña Ana 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
Rincon2.1 miles8
Rodey2.3 miles9
Hatch3.3 miles9
Placitas4.1 miles9
Tonuco6.6 miles12
Grama7.0 miles8
Salem7.4 miles9
Hockett10.7 miles9

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.