Gila, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pinos Altos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88038. It lies near Northrup Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Cliff quadrangle. 285 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,557 feet above sea level.
On record in Gila
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
L. C. Ranch Headquarterslisted 1978
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- L. C. Ranch Headquarters, Gilafederal building survey, 1 photograph
Population over time
2 figuresGila fell from 314 to 285 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 314 | |
| 2020 | 285 | -29 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Cliff quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Cliff quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Gila between 1993 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BEAR CREEK |
| 13 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SHIEDS |
| 26 July 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | IRON BRIDGE |
| 11 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | MANGUS |
| 28 June 2000 | Natural | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SHIRLEY |
| 25 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Socorro District | SYCAMORE |
| 12 June 1994 | Natural | 40 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | SYCAMORE |
| 31 May 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Socorro District | BOB TAIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Gila: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit 64-12-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Black Tower | Manganese | Past Producer | 1954 | |
| Black Tower Claim | Manganese | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Hillside | Manganese | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Hillside | Manganese | Past Producer | 1952 |
Storms near this place
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gila in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gila | $75,000 | A newly placed trailer was overturned and blown off supports and a large trampoline was removed from property on south side of Gila. Another mobile home near River Road suffered significant roof damage and a tree was uprooted on the property. Numerous flattened yucca stalks were reported. ||An uprooted pine tree was observed on a property along highway 153 between Hooker Loop and Lee Road. Hail up to a half inch in diameter was also observed. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gila | - | A spotter reported a peak wind gust of 59 mph two miles northeast of Gila. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gila | - | Spotter measured a wind gust to 74 mph northeast of Gila. |
| September 2018 | Hail | Gila | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Gila | - | U.S. Forest Service reported quarter size hail accumulating to 8 inches near the intersection of U.S. 180 and Highway 211. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gila | - | Law enforcement reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Riverside | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Buckhorn | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Mangas Springs | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Telegraph (historical) | 13.1 miles | 11 | |
| Alhambra (historical) | 17.2 miles | 12 | |
| Black Hawk (historical) | 18.2 miles | 12 | |
| Little Walnut Village | 18.4 miles | 14 |
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 Gila | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1867562 | 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 898782. 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.





