Anton Chico, New Mexico
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Dilia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87711. The Survey maps it on the Anton Chico quadrangle. 161 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,253 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAnton Chico fell from 188 to 161 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 188 | |
| 2020 | 161 | -27 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1890 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Anton Chico quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Villanueva quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Anton Chico between 2000 and 2020, burning about 716 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Las Vegas District | BONITA |
| 3 June 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ALAMO SLOUGH |
| 23 June 2006 | Natural | 150 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 7 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Las Vegas District | TECOLOTITO |
| 3 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HA |
| 26 May 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 19-40660449X |
| 26 May 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 22 May 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Las Vegas District | DILIA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Anton Chico: 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sowell Ranch | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Herrera Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 59-34-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anton Chico in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anton Chico | $70,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anton Chico | $45,000 | A mobile home was flipped and subsequently destroyed due to strong winds from a passing severe thunderstorm. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anton Chico | - | A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph wind gust from a severe thunderstorm near Anton Chico. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Anton Chico | - | Hail up to the size of ping pong balls in Anton Chico. |
| July 2014 | Heavy Rain | Anton Chico | - | Reports of 2.5 inches of rain in just 16 minutes from severe storm in the area. |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Anton Chico | - | Heavy rain caused the Pecos River flow to swell from 25 CFS to over 3500 CFS in less than 30 minutes. |
| October 2015 | Hail | Anton Chico | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Anton Chico | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Anton Chico | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Anton Chico | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Anton Chico | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Anton Chico | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Llano Viejo | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Upper Anton Chico | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Llano Del Medio | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Upper Dilia | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Dilia | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Dahlia | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Colonias | 16.8 miles | 14 | |
| Vegas Junction | 17.4 miles | 6 |
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 Anton Chico | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5700558 | 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 903205. 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.






