Lee Acres, New Mexico
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Bloomfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87401. It lies near Kutz Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Horn Canyon quadrangle. 4,170 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,522 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLee Acres fell from 5,858 to 4,170 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 | 5,858 | |
| 2020 | 4,170 | -1,688 (-29%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1889 USGS Chaco quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Chaco quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Horn Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
100 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Lee Acres between 1997 and 2020, burning about 199 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined | 26 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Farmington Field Office | REFINERY |
| 22 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Farmington Field Office | SOUTH 5512 |
| 15 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | KITTEL |
| 8 August 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GAGE |
| 7 August 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Farmington Field Office | TRAILER PA |
| 30 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Farmington Field Office | 146 |
| 3 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Farmington Field Office | BOLLACK |
| 25 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Farmington Field Office | HAMMON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lee Acres: 4 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mangum Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit 77-15-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| San Juan County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sullivan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Crouch Mesa | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Sullivan | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Flora Vista | 7.0 miles | 19 | |
| Angustura | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Spencerville | 8.4 miles | 19 | |
| Totah Vista | 8.7 miles | 18 | |
| Aztec | 8.8 miles | 16 |
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 Lee Acres | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5972452 | 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 901673. 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.






