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.
Population over time
3 figuresFlora 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,383 | |
| 2010 | 2,191 | +808 (+58%) |
| 2020 | 2,048 | -143 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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.
- 1889 USGS Chaco quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Chaco quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Flora Vista quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
99 since 1999Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Farmington Field Office | FLORA VISTA 5 |
| 20 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Farmington Field Office | FLORA VISTA 4 |
| 20 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Farmington Field Office | FLORA VISTA 3 |
| 20 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Farmington Field Office | FLORA VISTA 1 |
| 20 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Farmington Field Office | FLORA VISTA 2 |
| 11 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Farmington Field Office | LAKE |
| 7 August 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Farmington Field Office | TRAILER PA |
| 4 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Farmington Field Office | HOOD MESA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Foutz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| San Juan County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Spencerville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Lightning | Flora Vista | 1 hurt | A 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flora Vista | $350,000 | Significant 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Flora Vista | $250,000 | Widespread 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flora Vista | $50,000 | Power lines reported down along Old Aztec Highway (County Road 3520) between Penny Lane and Lake Luther. Damage is an estimate. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Flora Vista | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spencerville | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Crouch Mesa | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Aztec | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Lee Acres | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Bloomfield | 7.7 miles | 16 | |
| Totah Vista | 8.6 miles | 18 | |
| Farmington | 8.6 miles | 18 | |
| Center Point | 9.1 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 Flora Vista | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q918569 | 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 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.






