Buckhorn, New Mexico
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Tyrone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88025. It stands on Sacaton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buckhorn quadrangle. 172 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,138 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBuckhorn fell from 200 to 172 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 | 200 | |
| 2020 | 172 | -28 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1910 USGS Mogollon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1912 USGS Mogollon quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mogollon Mountains quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Buckhorn between 1992 and 2013, burning about 513 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM 82 US 180 |
| 22 July 2000 | Natural | 40 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FIVE MILE |
| 14 July 2010 | Natural | 11 acres | Socorro District | BUCK |
| 22 June 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | not named |
| 13 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 450 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BAR Y RANCH |
| 21 March 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HOOKER |
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 Buckhorn: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Zeolites, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckhorn | Zeolites | Past Producer | 1962 | |
| Gravel Pit Unnamed | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Name Unknown Diatomite Prospect | Diatomite | Occurrence | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buckhorn in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2022 | Hail | Buckhorn | - | Hail the size of quarters fell for several minutes. |
| August 2012 | Heavy Rain | Buckhorn | - | A local observer reported 1.20 inches of heavy rain from a nearly stationary thunderstorm. No flooding was observed but water was running rapidly downhill. |
| September 2009 | Hail | Buckhorn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Gila | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Riverside | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Mule Creek | 14.4 miles | 13 | |
| Mangas Springs | 17.0 miles | 11 | |
| East Camp (historical) | 17.9 miles | 10 | |
| Telegraph (historical) | 18.3 miles | 11 | |
| Steeplerock (historical) | 18.6 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 Buckhorn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5734864 | 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 904146. 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.







