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Folsom, New Mexico

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Clayton North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88419. It lies near Buffalo Head. The Survey maps it on the Folsom quadrangle. 51 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,391 feet above sea level.

Folsom within Union County

On record in Folsom

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

Population over time

3 figures

Folsom fell from 56 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
200056
2010560 (0%)
202051-5 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

4 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Folsom between 1998 and 2018, burning about 356 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1
Debris and open burning1

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
6 June 2018Debris and open burning39 acresCimarron DistrictNEWKIRK
22 May 2006Natural250 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
20 December 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined67 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBRIGGS
1 November 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCimarron DistrictHWY 325

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Folsom: 10 unknowns, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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
Twin Mountain Rock MinePumiceProducer
Twin Mountain Rock QuarryVolcanic MaterialsProducerScoria
Baby CapulinSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bary CapulinSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Capulin MountainSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Capulin MountainSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Colomex PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Colorado & Southern Ballast PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

36 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Folsom in 36 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 27 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud. 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 2011Flash FloodFolsom$50,000Rainfall rates of 2 inches in 30 minutes were reported in Folsom. Streets rapidly flooded including Highways 456 and 325. The runoff flooded some homes.
July 2011Flash FloodFolsom$2,000Water was approximately four feet deep over Highway 456 at the Dry Cimarron River Crossing approximately 10 miles east of Folsom. A few fences were washed out due to the high water.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindFolsom$1,000Thunderstorm winds lifted the roof off a small shed.
May 2024HailFolsom-Observer reported quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm that ended up destroying their garden tomatoes.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindFolsom-A trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts associated with a severe thunderstorm.
May 2019HailFolsom-Nickel size hail reported near Folsom.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindFolsom-Peak wind gust up to 60 mph near Folsom.
June 2018HailFolsom-A quick burst of hail up to the size of golf balls was reported near Folsom. Minor damage was reported to a pick up truck from the hail. Observers in the area also witnessed a funnel cloud.
June 2018Funnel CloudFolsom-Funnel cloud spotted northeast of Folsom.
June 2017HailFolsom-Ping pong ball size hail from a very brief storm.
April 2016HailFolsom-Penny size hail in Folsom.
August 2015HailFolsom-Half dollar size hail fell briefly in Folsom.
May 2015HailFolsom-Hail accumulated several inches deep.
May 2014HailFolsom-Quarter size hail covering the ground just north of Folsom.
June 2014HailFolsom-Near Folsom.
June 2014HailFolsom-Quarter size hail up to 2 inches deep at State Road 551 and 456 to the northeast of Folsom.
July 2013Flash FloodFolsom-Dry Cimarron Creek at Folsom became a raging torrent of water with flows out of bank into nearby trees and meadows. Photos from one section of the creek showed a large waterfall scouring out the creek bed and nearby creek banks.
August 2009HailFolsom-Hail was mostly pea size, but a few stones were the size of a golfball.
May 2006HailFolsom-Pea size hail also reported covered the ground 5 to 6 inches deep across a 6 mile stretch of open rangeland.
July 2001Flash FloodFolsom-Raging water flows were reported in arroyos north of Folsom. A nearby cooperative observer reported 1.6 inch rain in about an hour. Satellite rain estimates over the rural country were as high as 4 inches in 2 hours.
May 1998Funnel CloudFolsom-Spotters reported several brief funnel clouds over open rangeland of northwest Union County.
May 2023HailFolsom-no account filed
August 2015HailFolsom-no account filed
August 2015HailFolsom-no account filed
August 2015HailFolsom-no account filed
June 2014HailFolsom-no account filed
June 2011HailFolsom-no account filed
August 2007HailFolsom-no account filed
June 2006HailFolsom-no account filed
June 2006HailFolsom-no account filed
August 2006HailFolsom-no account filed
June 2004HailFolsom-no account filed
June 2003HailFolsom-no account filed
August 2002HailFolsom-no account filed
August 2002HailFolsom-no account filed
July 2000HailFolsom-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Union 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
Madison (historical)3.4 miles8
Des Moines7.3 miles8
Capulin8.2 miles8
Emery Gap (historical)10.8 miles8
Grande14.2 miles8
Willow Springs (historical)17.8 miles8
Corrumpa (historical)22.2 miles8
Grenville23.6 miles8

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 FolsomAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1435589The 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 902249. 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.