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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.

Guadalupita within Mora County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

70 since 1994

Regional 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
Natural43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2019Natural1.0 acresLas Vegas District20-40280241X
7 September 2019Naturalunder an acreLas Vegas District20-40260235X
7 September 2002Natural6.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCHARLIE
7 September 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionWINDY
4 August 2016Naturalunder an acreLas Vegas DistrictCOYOTE
30 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBIGRED
22 August 2007Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
19 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionWILLIAMS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mora County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
John Hays MineCopper, Silver, UraniumPast Producer1885, 1917
Le Deoux Ranch Lease MineUranium, Vanadium, CopperPast Producer1885, 1954
Unnamed ProspectsUranium, CopperOccurrence
Unnamed MineCopper, UraniumProspect
Unnamed ProspectCopper, UraniumOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectCopper, UraniumProspect
Unnamed ProspectCopper, UraniumOccurrence
John Hays MineCopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mora County

Storms near this place

7 since 2006

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018HailGuadalupita$5,000Hail 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 2024Flash FloodGuadalupita-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 2023Flash FloodGuadalupita-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 2019HailGuadalupita-Half dollar size hail reported in Guadalupita.
June 2018HailGuadalupita-Nickel size hail at Coyote Creek State Park.
June 2018HailGuadalupita-Hail up to the size of quarters at Guadalupita.
May 2006HailGuadalupita-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mora 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
Los Cocas2.2 miles10
El Turquillo4.0 miles12
Los Cisneros4.4 miles10
Los Medinas6.5 miles10
Los Huerros6.6 miles11
La Jara6.7 miles10
Chacon6.9 miles11
Los LeFebres7.8 miles11

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 GuadalupitaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19462110The 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.