Bosque Farms, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Los Lunas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87068. The Survey maps it on the Los Lunas quadrangle. 4,020 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,865 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresBosque Farms fell from 4,092 to 4,020 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4,092 | |
| 2010 | 3,904 | -188 (-5%) |
| 2020 | 4,020 | +116 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1952 USGS Los Lunas quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Belen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Los Lunas quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
8 of 13 photographs shown, 1935 to 1936Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Rothstein, Arthur, 1936. Library of Congress
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1935. Library of Congress
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1935. Library of Congress
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1935. Library of Congress
Rothstein, Arthur, 1936. Library of Congress
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1935. Library of Congress
Rothstein, Arthur, 1936. Library of Congress
Rothstein, Arthur, 1936. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Valencia County
Fires near this place
645 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 645 fires within 5 miles of Bosque Farms between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,129 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 32 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 burning | 444 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | JOJOLA |
| 14 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | TR-6 |
| 14 September 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RIOCOM |
| 12 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | HORSE |
| 1 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SHED |
| 1 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | CHICAL |
| 4 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | FORTY-7 |
| 24 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | HIGHWAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Bosque Farms: 6 unknowns, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit 68-22-S | Limestone, General | Unknown | ||
| Parea Mesa Pit & Crushing | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| El Cerro Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| John Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 72-8-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 73-1-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Nino's Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Orona Pit & Crusher | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Screening Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bosque Farms in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bosque Farms | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds removed a metal roof from a brick outbuilding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peralta | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Chical | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Los Lentes | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Los Lunas | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Valencia | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Paquita | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Mission Park | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Sandia | 7.4 miles | 10 |
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 Bosque Farms | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q894492 | 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 932919. 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.





