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Lucero, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87722. The Survey maps it on the Lucero quadrangle.

Lucero within Mora County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

65 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Lucero between 1993 and 2020, burning about 941 acres in total. 37 started naturally. None was 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
Natural37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2007Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
30 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLUCERO
3 September 2012Natural2.2 acresLas Vegas DistrictROGUE
5 August 2013Natural1.5 acresLas Vegas DistrictBUSTOS
31 August 2009Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLA JARA
28 August 2011Naturalunder an acreLas Vegas DistrictMONTOYA
28 August 2000Natural1.2 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLUCERO
22 August 2020Naturalunder an acreLas Vegas District21-40420234X

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mora 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 Lucero: 4 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Uranium, Uranium, Vanadium, Copper. 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
Le Deoux Ranch Lease MineUranium, Vanadium, CopperPast Producer1885, 1954
Unnamed MineCopper, UraniumProspect
Unnamed ProspectCopper, UraniumOccurrence
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Mora County

Storms near this place

3 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lucero in 3 storm reports between 2022 and 2024: 3 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
July 2022Flash FloodLucero$150,000An estimated 1 to 1.5 inches of heavy rain on the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon burn scar flooded New Mexico State Road 434, forcing the closure of the roadway. Near Guadalupita, a residential driveway turned into a raging river with deep water and debris. Canoncito Creek also flooded which was caused by debris caught in culverts. The creek overflowed into nearby pastures, onto Highway 518, and impacted homes within the area. The water was two feet deep in some locations. Damages are estimated.
August 2024Flash FloodLucero-NM State Police reported a road closure on State Highway 434 due to flooding and runoff from the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon burn scar flowing across the road. Road closure time estimated based on radar data.
July 2023Flash FloodLucero-Heavy rain caused flash flooding within the Hermit's Peak Calf Canyon burn scar along state highway 434 at mile markers 4 and 5, closing the road.

Every storm recorded in Mora 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
Los Medinas1.9 miles10
Rainsville2.8 miles15
La Jara3.3 miles10
Los Cisneros3.9 miles10
El Turquillo4.5 miles12
El Alto5.0 miles16
Canoncito5.0 miles16
La Cueva5.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898569. 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.