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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.

Isleta within Bernalillo County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Photographs

2 photographs, 1943

Taken 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.

Isleta, New Mexico. Fireman of a passing freight train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad picking up a message. The lower hoop is for the conductor at the rear end
Isleta, New Mexico. Fireman of a passing freight train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad picking up a message. The lower hoop is for the conductor at the rear end
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Isleta, New Mexico. The depot. It is here that the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe coast line tracks join those of the New Mexico division
Isleta, New Mexico. The depot. It is here that the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe coast line tracks join those of the New Mexico division
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

621 since 1992

Regional 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 burning461
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Arson/incendiarism29
Equipment and vehicle use22
Smoking19
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks3

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
8 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouthern Pueblos AgencyRIVER
25 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouthern Pueblos AgencyJOJOLA
14 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyTR-6
12 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyHORSE
1 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyCHICAL
4 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyFORTY-7
24 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyHIGHWAY
16 August 2000Debris and open burning1.5 acresSouthern Pueblos AgencyJARAMILLO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bernalillo County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Materials Pit 68-22-SLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Parea Mesa Pit & CrushingStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Materials Pit #67-39-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit #67-41-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
State PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Bernalillo County

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025HailIsleta-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 2025Flash FloodIsleta-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 2015HailIsleta-Nickel size hail on Isleta Pueblo.
July 2015HailIsleta-no account filed
July 2006HailIsleta-no account filed
October 2002HailIsleta-no account filed
July 1998HailIsleta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bernalillo 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
Isleta Pueblo0.4 miles10
Los Padillas4.3 miles10
Barr5.0 miles10
Pajarito5.5 miles10
Mountainview6.2 miles10
South Valley7.1 miles23
Kinney7.3 miles23
Arenal10.1 miles23

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.