Gallina, New Mexico
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Coyote census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87017. The Survey maps it on the Gallina quadrangle. 299 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,585 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1909 USGS Gallina quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Cuba quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Cuba quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Gallina quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 2002 USGS Gallina quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
145 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Gallina between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,203 acres in total. 64 started naturally. 4 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 | 64 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | WAYNE |
| 8 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | HIDDEN ROAD |
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | TRUCK |
| 6 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | JOHN |
| 5 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | EPI |
| 30 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | ELMER |
| 30 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | AUSTIN |
| 29 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Gallina: 6 unknowns, 5 prospects, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Copper, Copper, Uranium, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Besre Deposit | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Conqueror | Silver, Lead, Uranium, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Corral #3 Mine | Vanadium, Uranium | Past Producer | 1955, 1956 | |
| Gallina Gypsum | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Prospect | ||
| White Flow #1 Mine | Uranium, Vanadium, Copper | Past Producer | 1954, 1955 | |
| Tjbd 1 | Copper, Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Whiteflo | Copper, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Capulin Prospect | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Gallina Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Corral 1 | Uranium | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gallina in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Gallina | - | Heavy rains over the Laguna burn scar produced water and debris over a dirt road making it impassable. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Gallina | - | The hail ranged from pea-sized to penny-sized. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capulin | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Gallina Plaza | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Arroyo del Agua | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Llaves | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Coyote | 11.5 miles | 15 | |
| Rio Puerco | 12.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lindrith | 13.1 miles | 14 | |
| Youngsville | 14.2 miles | 15 |
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 Gallina | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4961869 | 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 923601. 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.








