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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.

Dulce within Rio Arriba County

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

Surveyed buildings and structures 12 of 19 shown

Every surveyed structure in Rio Arriba County

Population over time

3 figures

Dulce 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.

YearPeople Change
20002,623
20102,743+120 (+5%)
20202,788+45 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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,

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.

Adolfo Canyon Pueblito, Adolfo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM
Adolfo Canyon Pueblito, Adolfo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Pointed Butte Pueblito, Cibola Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM
Pointed Butte Pueblito, Cibola Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Compressor Station Pueblito, Superior Mesa, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM
Compressor Station Pueblito, Superior Mesa, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Hooded Fireplace Pueblito, On a northern point of Superior Mesa about 700 meters west of Largo Canyon Wash, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM
Hooded Fireplace Pueblito, On a northern point of Superior Mesa about 700 meters west of Largo Canyon Wash, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

224 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural168
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning10
Fireworks9
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2016Naturalunder an acreJicarilla AgencyWELDING
7 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSouthern Ute AgencyLOST
27 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSouthern Ute AgencyNATURAL OU
26 September 2000Natural1.5 acresJicarilla AgencyDULCESPRIN
22 September 2008Naturalunder an acreJicarilla AgencyA. L.
21 September 1992Naturalunder an acreJicarilla AgencyGOMEZ 2
18 September 2002Naturalunder an acreJicarilla AgencyLAST ONE
17 September 2016Natural60 acresJicarilla AgencySEGURO

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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Materials Pit No. 58-136-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 58-137-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 58-63-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 59-111-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 64-54-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Rio Arriba County

Storms near this place

8 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2017Thunderstorm WindDulce$50,000Severe winds produced significant roof damage to the Jicarilla Head Start building in Dulce.
June 2000LightningDulce$50,000A large oil storage tank burnt after a lightning strike.
September 2014HailDulce$30,000Significant damage to vehicles and skylights.
September 2014HailDulce$20,000Observer reported quarter size hail that damaged car windshields and dented vehicles.
May 2015HailDulce-Nickel size hail stripped leaves off trees at a recreational vehicle park.
September 2014HailDulce-Tribal police reported hail up to 1.5 inches in Dulce.
October 1998HailDulce-Quarter size hail covered the ground.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindDulce-Several sheds were damaged in Dulce where the Bureau of Indian Affairs office reported a microburst of 67 mph.

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
Lumberton3.3 miles14
Navajo3.5 miles13
Amargo5.7 miles14
Monero7.9 miles13
Diamante (historical)9.6 miles13
Biggs (historical)11.1 miles13
Carracas13.8 miles16
Vaqueros (historical)16.1 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 DulceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1264727The 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.