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Flora Vista, New Mexico

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Aztec census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87415. It stands on Burns Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Flora Vista quadrangle. 2,048 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,509 feet above sea level.

Flora Vista within San Juan County

Population over time

3 figures

Flora Vista grew from 1,383 to 2,048 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
20001,383
20102,191+808 (+58%)
20202,048-143 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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.

Fires near this place

99 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Flora Vista between 1999 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 10 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
Natural46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
20 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeFLORA VISTA 5
20 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeFLORA VISTA 4
20 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeFLORA VISTA 3
20 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeFLORA VISTA 1
20 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeFLORA VISTA 2
11 September 2019Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeLAKE
7 August 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeTRAILER PA
4 August 2016Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeHOOD MESA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Flora Vista: 6 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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
Airport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Foutz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
San Juan County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Spencerville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in San Juan County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flora Vista in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2009LightningFlora Vista1 hurtA 24 year old man was critically injured when he was struck by lightning while riding his horse along a metal fence. The horse was killed. The man's hat had a four inch hole in it from the lightning strike.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindFlora Vista$350,000Significant damage reported on a property near Flora Vista likely the result of intense microburst winds. The winds downed over 100 very large cottonwood trees, including a few that were completely uprooted. The tops of a few trees were completely snapped off, as well. Metal roofing on a barn was torn off and horizontally displaced about 20 yards on nearby power poles. The falling timber along with the wind itself caused damage to a barn roof, a pop up camper, a canoe, a trampoline, and a camper. Based on the EF-toolkit winds from this storm may have reached as high as 104 mph. No injuries or further damages resulted from the microburst.
September 2013Flash FloodFlora Vista$250,000Widespread flash flooding was observed in Farmington. Numerous crashes and stalled vehicles were stranded in flood waters. Several flooded and damaged drainage systems along Peace Valley Road, Hubbard Road, East Navajo Street, Main Street, Butler Street, Apache Street, and San Juan Boulevard caused widespread flooding of parking lots, low lying areas, homes and businesses. Mud, rocks, and debris flows were reported at Webb Chevrolet, KFC, Si Senors, Taco Bell, and Park-n-Sell.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindFlora Vista$50,000Power lines reported down along Old Aztec Highway (County Road 3520) between Penny Lane and Lake Luther. Damage is an estimate.
October 2010HailFlora Vista-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Juan 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
Spencerville2.1 miles19
Crouch Mesa4.1 miles17
Aztec5.0 miles16
Lee Acres7.0 miles17
Bloomfield7.7 miles16
Totah Vista8.6 miles18
Farmington8.6 miles18
Center Point9.1 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 Flora VistaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q918569The 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 889098. 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.