Dulce, New Mexico
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Jicarilla Apache census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87528. It stands on Dulce Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dulce quadrangle. 2,788 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,778 feet above sea level.
On record in Dulce
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Jicarilla Apache Historic Districtlisted 1984
Surveyed buildings and structures 12 of 19 shown
- Adolfo Canyon Pueblito, Adolfo Canyon, Dulcefederal building survey, 10 photographs
- Boulder Fortress Pueblito, Crow Canyon, Dulcefederal building survey, 4 photographs
- Compressor Station Pueblito, Superior Mesa, Dulcefederal building survey, 8 photographs
- Crow Canyon Pueblito, Approximately 1.2 miles south of Largo Canyon Wash in Cuervo Canyon, Dulcefederal building survey, 8 photographs
- Foothold Pueblito, Palluche Canyon, Dulcefederal building survey, 8 photographs
- Frances Canyon Pueblito, Frances Canyon Rincon, Dulcefederal building survey, 14 photographs
- Gomez Canyon Pueblito, Gomez Canyon, Dulcefederal building survey, 9 photographs
- Gould Pass Pueblito, Carrizo Canyon, Dulcefederal building survey, 9 photographs
- Hill Road Pueblito, Carrizo Canyon, Dulcefederal building survey, 9 photographs
- Hooded Fireplace Pueblito, On a northern point of Superior Mesa about 700 meters west of Largo Canyon Wash, Dulcefederal building survey, 7 photographs
- Kin Naa Daa Pueblito, Gobernador Canyon, Dulcefederal building survey, 8 photographs
- Largo School Pueblito, South of Largo Canyon School & opposite confluence of Ice Canyon, Dulcefederal building survey, 7 photographs
Population over time
3 figuresDulce grew from 2,623 to 2,788 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 | 2,623 | |
| 2010 | 2,743 | +120 (+5%) |
| 2020 | 2,788 | +45 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Lumberton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chama quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Dulce quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Photographs
4 photographs,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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
224 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Dulce between 1992 and 2020, burning about 309 acres in total. 168 started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 168 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Jicarilla Agency | WELDING |
| 7 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | LOST |
| 27 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Ute Agency | NATURAL OU |
| 26 September 2000 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Jicarilla Agency | DULCESPRIN |
| 22 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Jicarilla Agency | A. L. |
| 21 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Jicarilla Agency | GOMEZ 2 |
| 18 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Jicarilla Agency | LAST ONE |
| 17 September 2016 | Natural | 60 acres | Jicarilla Agency | SEGURO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Dulce: 5 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit No. 58-136-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 58-137-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 58-63-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 59-111-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 64-54-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dulce in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dulce | $50,000 | Severe winds produced significant roof damage to the Jicarilla Head Start building in Dulce. |
| June 2000 | Lightning | Dulce | $50,000 | A large oil storage tank burnt after a lightning strike. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Dulce | $30,000 | Significant damage to vehicles and skylights. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Dulce | $20,000 | Observer reported quarter size hail that damaged car windshields and dented vehicles. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Dulce | - | Nickel size hail stripped leaves off trees at a recreational vehicle park. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Dulce | - | Tribal police reported hail up to 1.5 inches in Dulce. |
| October 1998 | Hail | Dulce | - | Quarter size hail covered the ground. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dulce | - | Several sheds were damaged in Dulce where the Bureau of Indian Affairs office reported a microburst of 67 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumberton | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Navajo | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Amargo | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Monero | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Diamante (historical) | 9.6 miles | 13 | |
| Biggs (historical) | 11.1 miles | 13 | |
| Carracas | 13.8 miles | 16 | |
| Vaqueros (historical) | 16.1 miles | 16 |
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 Dulce | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1264727 | 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 928722. 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.






