Glorieta, New Mexico
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Santa Fe South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87535. It lies in Glorieta Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Glorieta quadrangle. 511 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,431 feet above sea level.
On record in Glorieta
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
- Santa Fe Trail-Apache Canyon Bridge Sitelisted 2012
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Alexandre Pigeon Ranch, New Mexico State Highway 50, 1.1 miles south of intersection with Interstate 25, Glorietafederal building survey, 9 photographs
Population over time
3 figuresGlorieta fell from 859 to 511 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 | 859 | |
| 2010 | 430 | -429 (-50%) |
| 2020 | 511 | +81 (+19%) |
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 Santa Fe quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Glorieta quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Glorieta quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Glorieta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 302 acres in total. 57 started naturally. 2 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 | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | HAGEN |
| 5 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | GLORIETA CREEK |
| 28 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | COUGAR RIDGE |
| 18 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | LISBOA |
| 9 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | ARMANDO |
| 8 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Pecos National Historical Park | STRIKETWO |
| 7 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | ORTIGA |
| 5 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | ALAMITOS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Glorieta: 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Lode Mine | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | 1910 | |
| Kennedy | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Kennedy Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1900 | |
| Kunklin | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Paytiamo Deposit | Copper | Occurrence | 1942 | |
| Paytiano | Copper | Prospect |
Storms near this place
16 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glorieta in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 12 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Hail | Glorieta | $1,000,000 | Tennis ball size produced major damage between Glorieta and Pecos. House windows and skylights were blown out. Vehicle windshields smashed and significant damage to vehicles. |
| October 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Glorieta | $50,000 | Numerous large ponderosa pine trees snapped in half. Log cabin under construction received considerable damage with debris lofted into nearby trees. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Glorieta | $15,000 | Various sources in Glorieta reported quarter to ping pong size hail from a severe thunderstorm that was moving north through the area. The hail was also responsible for causing minor damage to one Glorieta resident's house by ripping holes in their gutters and tearing off pieces of stucco from their house. Damages are estimated for the house damage. |
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Glorieta | $2,000 | Heavy rainfall caused a mud and boulders to slide onto Interstate 25 southbound between mile markers 298 and 299 near Glorieta. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Glorieta | - | NMDOT reported difficulty driving on NM Highway 50 between mile markers 1 and 3 due to standing water and debris over the roadway. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Glorieta | - | KOB relayed a viewer report of flash flooding on NM Highway 50 near exit 299 near Glorieta, NM. There was a foot of water over the roadway. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Glorieta | - | A trained spotter estimated penny size hail from a strong thunderstorm southeast of Santa Fe. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Glorieta | - | Hail up to the size of quarters reported in Glorieta. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Glorieta | - | Hail up to the size of quarters near Glorieta. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Glorieta | - | Hail up to the size of hen eggs north of Glorieta. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Glorieta | - | Nickel size hail in the high terrain east of Santa Fe. |
| October 2012 | Hail | Glorieta | - | Nickel hail 5 miles north northeast of Glorieta accompanied by very heavy rain and lightning. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Glorieta | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Glorieta | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Glorieta | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Glorieta | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Cueva | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Cañada de los Alamos | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| El Dorado at Santa Fe | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Sunlit Hills | 8.1 miles | 18 | |
| El Dorado | 8.3 miles | 18 | |
| Seton Village | 8.7 miles | 18 | |
| La Loma | 8.9 miles | 18 | |
| Lamy | 9.1 miles | 13 |
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 Glorieta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2030299 | 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 918193. 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.






