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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.

Glorieta within Santa Fe County

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

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

3 figures

Glorieta 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.

YearPeople Change
2000859
2010430-429 (-50%)
2020511+81 (+19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

108 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 2018Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestHAGEN
5 September 2018Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestGLORIETA CREEK
28 September 2018Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestCOUGAR RIDGE
18 September 1996Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestLISBOA
9 August 2000Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestARMANDO
8 August 1994Naturalunder an acrePecos National Historical ParkSTRIKETWO
7 August 2000Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestORTIGA
5 August 2019Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestALAMITOS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Fe County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fairview Lode MineCopper, SilverOccurrence1910
KennedyIronPast Producer
Kennedy MineIronPast Producer1900
KunklinCopperProspect
Paytiamo DepositCopperOccurrence1942
PaytianoCopperProspect

Every working recorded in Santa Fe County

Storms near this place

16 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2017HailGlorieta$1,000,000Tennis 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 2012Tornado (EF0)Glorieta$50,000Numerous large ponderosa pine trees snapped in half. Log cabin under construction received considerable damage with debris lofted into nearby trees.
May 2021HailGlorieta$15,000Various 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 2012Flash FloodGlorieta$2,000Heavy rainfall caused a mud and boulders to slide onto Interstate 25 southbound between mile markers 298 and 299 near Glorieta.
July 2024Flash FloodGlorieta-NMDOT reported difficulty driving on NM Highway 50 between mile markers 1 and 3 due to standing water and debris over the roadway.
July 2024Flash FloodGlorieta-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 2021HailGlorieta-A trained spotter estimated penny size hail from a strong thunderstorm southeast of Santa Fe.
March 2019HailGlorieta-Hail up to the size of quarters reported in Glorieta.
August 2018HailGlorieta-Hail up to the size of quarters near Glorieta.
June 2017HailGlorieta-Hail up to the size of hen eggs north of Glorieta.
May 2016HailGlorieta-Nickel size hail in the high terrain east of Santa Fe.
October 2012HailGlorieta-Nickel hail 5 miles north northeast of Glorieta accompanied by very heavy rain and lightning.
June 2014HailGlorieta-no account filed
August 2008HailGlorieta-no account filed
June 2002HailGlorieta-no account filed
September 1998HailGlorieta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Santa Fe 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
La Cueva2.0 miles16
Cañada de los Alamos4.9 miles19
El Dorado at Santa Fe7.7 miles18
Sunlit Hills8.1 miles18
El Dorado8.3 miles18
Seton Village8.7 miles18
La Loma8.9 miles18
Lamy9.1 miles13

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 GlorietaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2030299The 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.