Escabosa, New Mexico
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East Bernalillo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87059. It lies near Charlies Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Escabosa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1917 USGS Estancia quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Escabosa quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Belen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Escabosa quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Escabosa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Escabosa between 1992 and 2019, burning about 26 acres in total. 24 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 | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | CAROLINO |
| 24 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | GUADALUPE |
| 6 August 2003 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Cibola National Forest | GOTERA |
| 3 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | OJO 1 |
| 14 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ESCOBOSA |
| 6 July 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | CAROLINA |
| 6 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CHILILI |
| 4 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Escabosa: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackbird No. 2 & 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Name Fire-Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Wildacres Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Escabosa in 11 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 8 hail, 3 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Hail | Escabosa | $5,000 | A trained spotter reported golf ball to baseball size hail from a severe thunderstorm. The hail resulted in tree, house and automobile damage. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Escabosa | - | Penny to half-dollar size hail near Sedillo, NM. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Escabosa | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail that lasted 10 to 15 minutes. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Escabosa | - | Heavy rain resulted in water over Highway 217 near Greenridge Boulevard. No damages were noted. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Escabosa | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls near Ponderosa. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Escabosa | - | Ten feet of water was rushing through a normally dry gulley on the spotters property. No damage was reported as a result of this wall of water. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Escabosa | - | A flash flood resulted in the closure of Martinez Road due to high water and debris. A resident observed water and debris flowing over the road about 100 yards wide. Rainfall reports from this area were near one inch in less than an hour. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Escabosa | - | Three minutes of golf ball size hail followed by 15 minutes of pea size hail. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Escabosa | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Escabosa | - | no account filed |
| October 2010 | Hail | Escabosa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miera | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Yrisarri | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Chilili | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ponderosa Pine | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Manzano Springs | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Old Chilili | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Augustine | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Juan Tomas | 7.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 918178. 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.







