Milan, New Mexico
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Grants census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87021. It lies near Zuni Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Milan quadrangle. 2,456 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,519 feet above sea level.
On record in Milan
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Grants-Milan Flight Service Stationlisted 2015 · 0.5 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresMilan fell from 3,245 to 2,456 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 | 3,245 | |
| 2020 | 2,456 | -789 (-24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1883 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1899 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Grants quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1995 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Milan between 1996 and 2020, burning about 87 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | RINCONADA |
| 19 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bernalillo District | CRASH |
| 14 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | TRANSFER |
| 26 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | COLLEGE |
| 26 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | TOWER |
| 8 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | THE 85 |
| 3 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | PARSON LN |
| 29 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Cibola National Forest | MILAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Milan: 8 producers, 5 unknowns, 5 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flea Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Grants Perlite Mill | Perlite | Producer | ||
| United States Gypsum Perlite Mine | Perlite | Past Producer | ||
| Griego Pit and Crusher | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Marinelli Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 57-127-F | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Roadway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bobcat | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Cedar #1 | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Christmas Day #1 | Uranium | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milan in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 4 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Milan | $50,000 | Heavy rains caused several streets to flood with between 2 to 4 feet of water in downtown Grants. The street flooding included First and Second streets from Washington to Roosevelt as well as Fifth and Santa Fe streets. It caused one vehicle to stall due to the water height. No business or homes were reported flooded as well as no reported injuries. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Milan | $20,000 | Heavy rain eroded the smaller of two uranium tailing piles at the Homestead/Barrick Gold former mill site. A wall of water 80 to 100 yards wide flooded the four subdivisions. Ralph Card, Sundowner, Thunderbird and Malapais roads were flooded and several other roads in the area had high water. Residents of the four subdivisions likened their front and back yards to lakes with water up to 18 inches deep. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Milan | - | Water flooding over NM 605 north of Milan prompted the closure of the highway. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Milan | - | Heavy rains caused a flash flood along Highway 605 north-northeast of Milan. Two feet of water was running over the road which made the road impassible. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Milan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grants | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Golden Acres | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Toltec | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| San Rafael | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Broadview | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Bluewater | 7.7 miles | 19 | |
| Lobo Canyon | 9.4 miles | 20 | |
| Anzac | 11.2 miles | 18 |
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 Milan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1014181 | 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 908735. 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.










