Guadalupita, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87722. It lies near Williams Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Guadalupita quadrangle. It stands 7,566 feet above sea level.
On record in Guadalupita
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
- Guadalupita-Coyote Rural Historic Districtlisted 2017
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Guadalupita quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Taos quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Guadalupita quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
70 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Guadalupita between 1994 and 2020, burning about 249 acres in total. 43 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 | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 20-40280241X |
| 7 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Las Vegas District | 20-40260235X |
| 7 September 2002 | Natural | 6.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CHARLIE |
| 7 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WINDY |
| 4 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Las Vegas District | COYOTE |
| 30 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BIGRED |
| 22 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 19 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WILLIAMS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Guadalupita: 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Uranium, Uranium, Vanadium, Copper, Uranium, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hays Mine | Copper, Silver, Uranium | Past Producer | 1885, 1917 | |
| Le Deoux Ranch Lease Mine | Uranium, Vanadium, Copper | Past Producer | 1885, 1954 | |
| Unnamed Prospects | Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Copper, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| John Hays Mine | Copper | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Guadalupita in 7 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 5 hail, 2 flash flood. 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 2018 | Hail | Guadalupita | $5,000 | Hail up to the size of quarters with strong winds and heavy rainfall impacted Guadalupita. A motorcycle, RV, carport, and casita roof was damage from the storm. Damage amounts are estimated. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Guadalupita | - | NM DOT reported flooding on mile marker 7 along NM 434 which prompted a road closure and the deployment of a cleanup crew to clear rocks and debris. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Guadalupita | - | Twitter report of flash flooding near Guadalupita within the Hermit's Peak Calf Canyon burn scar. Drainage below Silva Canyon on the burn scar flowed out of the banks and flooded nearby driveways and properties near SR-434 south of Guadalupita. Damages are unknown. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Guadalupita | - | Half dollar size hail reported in Guadalupita. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Guadalupita | - | Nickel size hail at Coyote Creek State Park. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Guadalupita | - | Hail up to the size of quarters at Guadalupita. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Guadalupita | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Cocas | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| El Turquillo | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Los Cisneros | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Los Medinas | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Los Huerros | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| La Jara | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Chacon | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Los LeFebres | 7.8 miles | 11 |
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 Guadalupita | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19462110 | 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 915833. 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.




