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Dixon, New Mexico

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Dixon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87527. It stands on Arroyo Pino. The Survey maps it on the Velarde quadrangle. 938 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,028 feet above sea level.

Dixon within Rio Arriba County

Population over time

2 figures

Dixon grew from 926 to 938 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
2010926
2020938+12 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

Photographs

4 photographs, 1940 to 2021

Taken 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.

The general-store portion of a nostalgic roadside attraction, the Classical Gas Museum, in the Rocky Mountain foothills of northern New Mexico, near the town of Dixon
The general-store portion of a nostalgic roadside attraction, the Classical Gas Museum, in the Rocky Mountain foothills of northern New Mexico, near the town of Dixon
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress
Peaches are grown at Dixon, New Mexico
Peaches are grown at Dixon, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
An old camper stands beneath a Frontier Gasoline station sign at a nostalgic roadside attraction, the Classical Gas Museum, in the Rocky Mountain foothills of northern New Mexico, near the town of Dixon
An old camper stands beneath a Frontier Gasoline station sign at a nostalgic roadside attraction, the Classical Gas Museum, in the Rocky Mountain foothills of northern New Mexico, near the town of Dixon
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress
Apples are one of the main fruit crops along the Rio Pueblo at Dixon, New Mexico
Apples are one of the main fruit crops along the Rio Pueblo at Dixon, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Dixon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. 17 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/undetermined20
Natural17
Debris and open burning14
Smoking5
Fireworks4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
17 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTaos Field OfficeAPEDACO
2 August 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionVIGIL
9 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlbuquerque District OfficeCEMETARY
7 July 2005Naturalunder an acreTaos Field OfficeAPODACA
6 July 2005Naturalunder an acreTaos Field OfficeMM 25
6 July 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTaos Field OfficeDIXON
4 July 1993Fireworks4.0 acresAlbuquerque District OfficeWILLOW
30 July 1997Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestRANA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Dixon: 3 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Bismuth, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. 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
Blm 1 - 74 - 676Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dulfney MineCalciumUnknown
Goat's Point ProspectBismuthProspect
Glenwoody CampGoldProspect
Oro Grande Co. of PennsylvaniaGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Rio Arriba County

Storms near this place

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dixon in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2022: 3 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 2006Flash FloodDixon1 killedA 47 year old male passenger drowned when a small vehicle was swept off State Road 75 just east of Dixon. Other cars had stopped when they saw the water running across the roadway. The driver of the small vehicle drove around stopped vehicles into the fast water. The small car stalled at about the halfway point and was swept downstream into the arroyo. The passenger was unable to escape with the driver.
June 2022Flash FloodDixon$10,000An estimated 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain caused an arroyo near Embudo to spill out of its bank, causing water to flow over County Road 69. Embudo Creek was also reported to be running high with clogged culverts at mile marker 3 on New Mexico State Road 75 near Dixon. Damages are estimated.
August 2014Flash FloodDixon-New Mexico DOT reported NM75 closed from Dixon to Penasco due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Rio Arriba 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
Apodaca1.4 miles12
La Bolsa1.4 miles11
Rinconada1.6 miles12
La Junta1.7 miles11
Montecito1.9 miles12
La Cienaga2.1 miles11
Cañoncito3.2 miles12
Embudo3.9 miles11

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 DixonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q954445The 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 928721. 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.