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Bloomfield, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bloomfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87413. It lies in Bloomfield Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Bloomfield quadrangle. 7,421 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,456 feet above sea level.

Bloomfield within San Juan County

Population over time

2 figures

Bloomfield fell from 8,112 to 7,421 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.

YearPeople Change
20108,112
20207,421-691 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

94 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Bloomfield between 1997 and 2020, burning about 596 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 6 were 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 burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Natural17
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Fireworks2

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
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeREFINERY
22 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeSOUTH 5512
15 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionKITTEL
8 August 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGAGE
30 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFarmington Field Office146
25 August 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFarmington Field Office5584
22 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeROLLER
20 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionJUNIPER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Bloomfield: 5 past producers, 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Materials PitGold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitGold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitGold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mangum PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit 77-15-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sullivan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in San Juan County

Storms near this place

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bloomfield in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 7 flash flood, 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2022Flash FloodBloomfield$200,000Flash flooding reported along County Road 4990 at Armenta Wash near Bloomfield with water flowing over the roadway. This completely destroyed the roadway. Damages are estimated.
August 1999Flash FloodBloomfield$150,000After a series of moderate rain showers, ditches and small arroyos which were clogged with mud and debris, overflowed with water and mud damaging about 5 homes and also closing streets into some neighbourhoods.
July 2010Flash FloodBloomfield$100,000Four trees washed into Kutz Canyon along with portion of a neighboring horse corral. Four feet of the embankment was eroded away.
July 2020Flash FloodBloomfield$50,000U.S. Highway 64 was closed due to flood waters between U.S. Highway 550 and Jordan Court. Two homes were partially flooded at the intersection of East Broadway Avenue and Johnson Street. Damage amounts are a rough estimate to water damage to two homes.
August 1996Flash FloodBloomfield$25,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBloomfield$15,000Dry microburst winds moved a trailer home several feet side ways.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBloomfield$10,000Several trees blown down along CR5173. One fell onto home with damage to roof and windows. Trees also blown down onto power lines in nearby area of Bloomfield. Power outage reported for four to five hours.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-A member of the public estimated 70 to 80 mph wind gusts.
June 2024HailBloomfield-Quarter to golf ball size hail reported just southwest of Bloomfield.
July 2020Flash FloodBloomfield-Arroyos overflowed their banks along U.S. 550 between Aztec and Bloomfield. The roadway was closed for several hours.
September 1998HailBloomfield-A small thunderstorm yielded lots of pea size hail and few dime sized stones.
August 1997Flash FloodBloomfield-Flash flooding was reported at the Navajo Irrigation Project headquarters.
September 1997HailBloomfield-Dime sized hail was reported at the Blanco Trading Post on Highway 44.
October 2000HailBloomfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Juan 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
Lee Acres2.9 miles17
Angustura4.3 miles16
Sullivan4.3 miles16
Crouch Mesa5.4 miles17
Flora Vista7.7 miles19
Aztec7.7 miles16
Spencerville8.5 miles19
Blanco8.5 miles16

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 BloomfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q885351The 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 902180. 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.