Isleta, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Isleta Pueblo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87105. It stands on Isleta Riverside Drain. The Survey maps it on the Isleta quadrangle.
On record in Isleta
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
St. Augustine's Churchlisted 1975
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1952 USGS Isleta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Belen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Isleta quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
2 photographs, 1943Taken 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.
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
621 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 621 fires within 5 miles of Isleta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,752 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 29 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 | 461 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | RIVER |
| 25 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | JOJOLA |
| 14 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | TR-6 |
| 12 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | HORSE |
| 1 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | CHICAL |
| 4 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | FORTY-7 |
| 24 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | HIGHWAY |
| 16 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | JARAMILLO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Isleta: 6 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit 68-22-S | Limestone, General | Unknown | ||
| Parea Mesa Pit & Crushing | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit #67-39-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit #67-41-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| State Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Isleta in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Hail | Isleta | - | A CoCoRaHS observer reported quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm near Isleta Pueblo. Additionally, the NMDOT camera on I-25 at Isleta Pueblo showers accumulating quarter size hail a few inches deep on the interstate. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Isleta | - | Flowing water with debris over State Highway 47. Peak depth at around half a foot to a foot. The flash flooding resulted in significant backup of traffic on the highway. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Isleta | - | Nickel size hail on Isleta Pueblo. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Isleta | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Isleta | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Hail | Isleta | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Isleta | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isleta Pueblo | 0.4 miles | 10 | |
| Los Padillas | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Barr | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Pajarito | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Mountainview | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| South Valley | 7.1 miles | 23 | |
| Kinney | 7.3 miles | 23 | |
| Arenal | 10.1 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 918202. 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.





