Grants, New Mexico
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Grants census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87020. The Survey maps it on the Grants quadrangle. 9,163 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,460 feet above sea level.
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On record in Grants
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 4 records
Charley's Automotive Servicelisted 2017
Grants-Milan Flight Service Stationlisted 2015- Route 66, State Maintained from McCartys to Grantslisted 1997
- St. Theresa Community Centerlisted 2022
Population over time
2 figuresGrants fell from 9,182 to 9,163 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 | 9,182 | |
| 2020 | 9,163 | -19 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1883 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1899 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Grants quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Grants quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1995 USGS Grants quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
8 of 15 photographs shown, 1943 to 2020Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Cibola County
Fires near this place
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Grants between 1994 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | RINCONADA |
| 19 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bernalillo District | CRASH |
| 14 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | TRANSFER |
| 26 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | COLLEGE |
| 26 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | TOWER |
| 8 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | THE 85 |
| 3 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | PARSON LN |
| 28 June 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Bernalillo District | 20-62010737X |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Grants: 8 producers, 7 past producers, 6 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Limestone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flea Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Pine 3 Mine | Vanadium, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1954, 1955 | |
| Name Unknown Bentonite Prospect | Bentonite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Grants Perlite Mill | Perlite | Producer | ||
| United States Gypsum Perlite Mine | Perlite | Past Producer | ||
| Griego Pit and Crusher | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Marinelli Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 57-127-F | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Roadway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hamilton Pit | Limestone, Dimension | Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grants in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 5 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Grants | $250,000 | Three bridges were damaged from flood waters northeast of Grants. A dozen jersey barriers were washed 100 yards downstream at low water crossings along Lobo Canyon. The most significant damage occurred to the George Hannish Bridge. Bridges along county roads 19A and 19D were also impacted. |
| September 1997 | Heavy Rain | Grants | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Grants | $50,000 | The Cibola County Emergency manager reported multiple vehicle rescues from flood waters. The Rio San Jose was out of its banks between Sargent and Davis Streets with several streets flooded in town. Swift moving water several inches deep was observed over First Street and Roosevelt Avenue. Damage is an estimate. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Grants | - | Significant hail covering Interstate 40 resulted in motor vehicle crashes between mile markers 76 and 77. Hail size has been estimated. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grants | - | A wind gust up to 68 mph reported at Lookout Ranch. |
| July 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Grants | - | Photos of a small funnel cloud over the Grants area were received from the public. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Grants | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Grants | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Grants | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Grants | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grants | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Grants | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milan | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| San Rafael | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Golden Acres | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Toltec | 5.6 miles | 20 | |
| Broadview | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Lobo Canyon | 8.2 miles | 20 | |
| Anzac | 8.6 miles | 18 | |
| Bluewater | 10.3 miles | 19 |
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 Grants | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q545727 | 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 933386. 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.










