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Encino, New Mexico

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Mountainair-Encino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88321. The Survey maps it on the Encino quadrangle. 51 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,119 feet above sea level.

Encino within Torrance County

Population over time

3 figures

Encino fell from 94 to 51 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
200094
201082-12 (-13%)
202051-31 (-38%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

8 photographs, 1943

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.

Encino, New Mexico. Passing a section house along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Encino, New Mexico. Passing a section house along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Encino, New Mexico. Sheep and cattle ranch along the Atchison, Topeka and Sata Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Encino, New Mexico. Sheep and cattle ranch along the Atchison, Topeka and Sata Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Encino (vicinity), New Mexico. Landscape along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad enroute to Belen, New Mexico
Encino (vicinity), New Mexico. Landscape along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad enroute to Belen, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Encino, New Mexico. Passing through the town on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Encino, New Mexico. Passing through the town on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Encino (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing a section house along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad
Encino (vicinity), New Mexico. Passing a section house along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Encino, New Mexico. Passing a section house along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Encino, New Mexico. Passing a section house along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Encino, New Mexico. Passing through the town on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Encino, New Mexico. Passing through the town on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Encino, New Mexico. Passing through the town on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Encino, New Mexico. Passing through the town on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Vaughn and Belen, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

3 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Encino between 1995 and 2011, burning about 729 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
16 July 2009Equipment and vehicle use3.6 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionWELDER FIRE
9 May 2011Equipment and vehicle use700 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHIGHWAY 60
14 April 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionNEGRA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Torrance County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Encino: 4 unknowns. 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
Dunlam MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Torrance County

Storms near this place

37 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Encino in 37 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 23 hail, 5 flash flood, 3 tornado, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2003HailEncino$15,000no account filed
October 2004HailEncino$3,000no account filed
May 1999HailEncino$2,000Large hail killed about 25 lambs west of Encino.
August 2020LightningEncino$1,500A lightning strike killed two cows at the Pedernal COOP ranch. Damage amounts are estimated for the loss of cattle property.
July 2010Flash FloodEncino$1,500Water up to one foot deep covered Highway 285/60 between Encino and Vaughn from 530 pm to 600 pm MST. Spotters reported large debris along the roadway, and significant fence line damage.
May 2023HailEncino$1,000A trained spotter reported hail stones up to 3.5 inches in diameter west of Encino. This resulted in a broken car windshield.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindEncino$1,000COOP Observer reported strong winds causing a large tree limp to snap and land on carport.
May 2007HailEncino$1,000Between 327pm and 415pm MST there were 3 reports of large hail and 2 reports of funnel clouds around Encino. Hail size ranged from 0.75 inch to 1.75 inches.
May 2023HailEncino-There were several hail reports in and just south of Encino along State Highway 3 ranging in size from quarters to half-dollars.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindEncino-Eight to ten inch branch snapped off tree in sudden change of wind direction. Accompanied by pea sized hail.
May 2023HailEncino-Quarter size hail between Encino and Vaughn along U.S. Highway 60.
May 2023HailEncino-There were reports of dime to quarter size hail just south-southwest of Encino covering the ground.
May 2023HailEncino-There was 1.75 inch hail reported near Encino along with two other 1 inch reports.
May 2023Tornado (EFU)Encino-A trained spotter reported a rope tornado just south of their location in Encino, NM. No damage was reported.
May 2023HailEncino-There were several reports of quarter size hail west of Encino.
May 2021HailEncino-A COOP observer near Encino reported 1 inch hail from a severe thunderstorm tracking eastward through the area.
June 2019Tornado (EF0)Encino-A traveler along U.S. 285 captured footage of a tornado on the ground a couple miles east of Encino. The tornado was over open range land and no damage occurred.
September 2016Funnel CloudEncino-COOP observer reported a funnel cloud that may have touched down, but was difficult to tell in the distance.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindEncino-A local COOP observer estimated a wind gust to near 60 mph.
August 2012Funnel CloudEncino-Video captured from the Vaughn NMDOT web camera showed a passing funnel cloud.
July 2009HailEncino-Hail covered the ground.
July 2005Flash FloodEncino-Highway crews reported water one foot deep running over State Road 3 north of Encino.
May 1994HailEncino-Hail to nickel-size covered the ground and broke skylights in several homes.
May 2023HailEncino-no account filed
May 2023HailEncino-no account filed
May 2023HailEncino-no account filed
May 2007HailEncino-no account filed
June 2005Flash FloodEncino-no account filed
August 2005Flash FloodEncino-no account filed
October 2004HailEncino-no account filed
June 2003HailEncino-no account filed
July 2003HailEncino-no account filed
July 2002Flash FloodEncino-no account filed
April 2000HailEncino-no account filed
April 1997HailEncino-no account filed
July 1996Tornado (F0)Encino-no account filed
July 1996HailEncino-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Torrance 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
Negra4.1 miles6
Carnero4.4 miles6
Pedernal9.7 miles6
Dummoor13.0 miles6
Duran13.1 miles6
Derramadero13.9 miles6
North Lucy15.6 miles6
Culebra16.4 miles6

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 EncinoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2545649The 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 898773. 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.