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Glenwood, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Reserve census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88039. It stands on Whitewater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glenwood quadrangle. 113 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,760 feet above sea level.

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Glenwood within Catron County

Population over time

2 figures

Glenwood fell from 143 to 113 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.

YearPeople Change
2010143
2020113-30 (-21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

58 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Glenwood between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,550 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 3 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
Natural27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning6
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
3 August 2016Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestHARVE
2 August 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGila National ForestHARVE
2 August 1993Naturalunder an acreGila National Forestnot named
18 August 2020Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestRIVER
18 August 2011Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCATWALK
10 August 1993Naturalunder an acreGila National Forestnot named
10 August 1993Smokingunder an acreGila National Forestnot named
7 July 1996Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestNABOURS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Catron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Glenwood: 12 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 4 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver. 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
Frisco Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Huckleberry Spar MineCalcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, SilicaPast Producer1920, 1939
Liberty Bell #1 ClaimFluorine-Fluorite, SilverOccurrence
Lone Star ProspectsSilver, Gold, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite, Gold
Materials Pit 54-94-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Project Sp-F-031-2200Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Deer Park Canyon ProspectsFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Goddard Canyon ProspectsFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceVein
Goodard Canyon ProspectsFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Catron County

Storms near this place

10 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenwood in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2017: 7 flash flood, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2016Flash FloodGlenwood$10,000High water forced rocks, mud, and debris over Catwalk Road near Glenwood. Mineral Creek road was washed out east of Alma.
January 2008Flash FloodGlenwood$10,000The ranger station in Glenwood reported Whitewater Creek and Little Creek were out of their banks. Water over state road 174 from Glenwood to Catwalk, and was 3 feet deep in one spot. White Water and Crabapple motels were flooded.
July 2017Flash FloodGlenwood-Whitewater Creek flooded Catwalk Road and U.S. Highway 180 at Glenwood. Road closed.
October 2015HailGlenwood-Pea to quarter size hail.
September 2013Flash FloodGlenwood-Runoff resulted in flash flooding along Whitewater Creek with a report of a roaring sound near the Deer Park drainage channel. Black and silty water was reported along with considerable debris across NM 174. Up to 14 inches of water was flowing over the highway at the upper crossing just downstream of the Catwalk.
December 2007Flash FloodGlenwood-Heavy rain of 2 to 2.5 inches caused Whitewater Creek to leave its banks and flow across Highway 174, resulting in its closure.
September 2002Flash FloodGlenwood-Heavy rain over rural southwest sections of Catron County produced a 11 foot rise in water along the San Francisco River and water over State Road 159 at Glenwood.
October 2015HailGlenwood-no account filed
October 2015HailGlenwood-no account filed
September 1997Flash FloodGlenwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Catron 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
Pleasanton3.1 miles14
Wilcox Peak4.3 miles14
Alma4.5 miles14
Mogollon7.3 miles14
Cooney8.3 miles14
Claremont8.5 miles14
Lower San Francisco Plaza24.4 miles14
Rancho Grande Estates25.5 miles14

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 GlenwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3472359The 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 923604. 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.