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Jarales, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Belen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87002. The Survey maps it on the Veguita quadrangle. 2,042 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,790 feet above sea level.

Jarales within Valencia County

Population over time

3 figures

Jarales grew from 1,434 to 2,042 between 2000 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.

YearPeople Change
20001,434
20102,475+1,041 (+73%)
20202,042-433 (-17%)

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.

Fires near this place

316 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 316 fires within 5 miles of Jarales between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,656 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 15 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined132
Debris and open burning131
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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
14 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSERAFIN
14 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionALLSUPS
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGIANT
7 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBernalillo District20-60380159X
5 August 1992Naturalunder an acreAlbuquerque District OfficeJUG TANK
23 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBernalillo District21-60710236X
17 August 2020Naturalunder an acreBernalillo District21-60630212X
14 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Valencia County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Jarales: 6 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 57-104-FSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 64-1-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Tome PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Valencia County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jarales in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 2 hail. 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 2008Flash FloodJarales$100,000Most of Belen and the surrounding communities experienced some degree of flooding with water 2 to 3 feet deep in some locations. Flash flooding caused a mudslide on the Interstate 25 exit ramp at Camino Del Llano. A nearby diner was also flooded. Flood waters also entered a few homes. In addition, the wall of a welding shop succombed to the pressure of flood waters on it and buckled.
June 2025Flash FloodJarales$40,000Video shared on social media by local media showed severe flash flooding and flowing water filled with debris across a property at Calle De Baca and Highway 116 in southwest Belen. A large work trailer was swept away in the flood waters. The flash flooding plugged one culvert and wiped out a second culvert. Additionally, the heavy rainfall resulted in overflowing retention ponds resulting in localized flooding for other nearby residents.
June 2018HailJarales$5,000Hail up to the size of ping pong balls five miles south of Belen knocked out skylights at a residence.
June 2018HailJarales-Quarter size hail near Jarales.
September 2017Flash FloodJarales-Interstate 25 closed between Belen and U.S. Highway 60 due to flooding over the highway. Mud, rocks, and debris overflowing from mesa on west side of highway.

Every storm recorded in Valencia 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
Pueblitos1.0 miles10
Madrone2.1 miles10
Bacaville2.2 miles10
Los Trujillos2.3 miles10
Casa Colorada2.8 miles10
Rio Communities3.0 miles10
Belen3.5 miles10
Bosque3.9 miles10

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 JaralesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2248990The 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 899685. 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.