Hernandez, New Mexico
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the South Rio Arriba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87537. It stands on Arroyo de Trujillos. The Survey maps it on the San Juan Pueblo quadrangle. 756 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,689 feet above sea level.
On record in Hernandez
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
- Franklin MacFie Houselisted 2024
Population over time
2 figuresHernandez fell from 946 to 756 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 | 946 | |
| 2020 | 756 | -190 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1918 USGS Abiquiu quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS San Juan Pueblo quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS San Juan Pueblo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 2002 USGS San Juan Pueblo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
298 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of Hernandez between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,155 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 53 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 129 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 67 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Fireworks | 14 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| 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 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PHILIP |
| 19 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | DEBRIS |
| 7 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Northern Pueblos Agency | FENCE |
| 15 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | DUMP |
| 14 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | PILE |
| 10 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | STONE QUARRY |
| 10 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | NOEL |
| 8 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | COUNTY 56 |
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 Hernandez: 9 prospects, 7 past producers, 3 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Pumice, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside 1 & 4 Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Cupar Mine | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Santa Clara Pumice Pit 1 | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Diatomaceous Earth Pit | Diatomite | Unknown | ||
| J.H. Rhoades Pumice Co. Diatomite Mine | Diatomite | Past Producer | 1953, 1954 | |
| James H Rhode | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Rhodes Diatomite Pit | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Bartholomew - Sanchez Grant Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Espanola Transit Mix Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lowdermilk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hernandez in 6 storm reports between 2016 and 2019: 4 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 dust devil. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Hernandez | $2,000,000 | Two elderly residents rescued from a mobile home that was washed off it's foundation and displaced over 50 feet downstream. Up to 30 homes inundated with water and at least 10 families displaced from flood waters. U.S. Highway 285, highway 74, and county road 57 all closed to remove mud and debris. County Road 57 washed over with mudslides from nearby mesa. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Hernandez | $75,000 | At least three vehicles stalled in flood waters along county road 56A. |
| June 2019 | Dust Devil | Hernandez | $10,000 | Twenty people were injured when a dust devil blew apart a large tent at a summer solstice event at the Guru Ram Das Puri retreat center west of Espanola. Damage amounts are a rough estimate for destruction of the event tent. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Hernandez | - | Hail up to the size of quarters in Hernandez. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Hernandez | - | Numerous roadways flooded and impassable around Hernandez. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Hernandez | - | Water over U.S. Highway 84 in Hernandez near highway 74. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Duende | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Chamita | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| San Jose | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Pueblito | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| La Chuachia | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| San Juan Pueblo | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Guique | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Chili | 3.3 miles | 14 |
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 Hernandez | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5742161 | 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 902263. 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.







