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Mimbres, New Mexico

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Mimbres census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88049. It lies near Georgetown Canyon. The Survey maps it on the San Lorenzo quadrangle. 390 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,971 feet above sea level.

Mimbres within Grant County

On record in Mimbres

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 7 records

Surveyed buildings and structures 6 records

Population over time

2 figures

Mimbres fell from 667 to 390 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.

YearPeople Change
2010667
2020390-277 (-42%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

6 photographs,

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.

Black Canyon Big Bridge, National Forest System Road 150/North Star Road, Mimbres, Grant County, NM
Black Canyon Big Bridge, National Forest System Road 150/North Star Road, Mimbres, Grant County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Terry Canyon Bridge #1, National Forest System Road 150/North Star Road, Mimbres, Grant County, NM
Terry Canyon Bridge #1, National Forest System Road 150/North Star Road, Mimbres, Grant County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Black Canyon Small Bridge, National Forest System Road 150/North Star Road, Mimbres, Grant County, NM
Black Canyon Small Bridge, National Forest System Road 150/North Star Road, Mimbres, Grant County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Indian Creek Bridge, National Forest System Road 150/North Star Road, Mimbres, Grant County, NM
Indian Creek Bridge, National Forest System Road 150/North Star Road, Mimbres, Grant County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Terry Canyon Bridge #4, National Forest System Road 150/North Star Road, Mimbres, Grant County, NM
Terry Canyon Bridge #4, National Forest System Road 150/North Star Road, Mimbres, Grant County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Terry Canyon Bridge #3, National Forest System Road 150/North Star Road, Mimbres, Grant County, NM
Terry Canyon Bridge #3, National Forest System Road 150/North Star Road, Mimbres, Grant County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Mimbres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 279 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined27
Natural15
Debris and open burning6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
15 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMILLER
9 August 1994Naturalunder an acreGila National Forestnot named
6 August 2000Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestHENDRICKS
17 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDOCTOR
17 August 1993Naturalunder an acreGila National Forestnot named
9 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLAWS
9 July 1996Naturalunder an acreGila National ForestRABBIT
3 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLOWER ACLAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Mimbres: 22 past producers, 6 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Manganese, Copper, Zinc. 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
Commercial MineSilver, Zinc, Copper, Lead, VanadiumPast Producer1875, 1942
Commercial MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, VanadiumPast Producer
Georgetown MinesSilver, LeadPast Producer1866, 1873, 1893
Hamlett ClaimsIron, ManganeseProspectReplacement
Naiad Queen MineLead, Silver, Vanadium, ZincPast Producer
San Cristobal DepositFluorine-FluoritePast Producer1953
Shingle Canyon MineZinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Shingle Canyon MinesZinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer1955
Unnamed ProspectCopper, Silver, Zinc, LeadOccurrence
Naiad Queen MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, VanadiumPast Producer1866, 1875, 1945

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

7 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mimbres in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2013: 4 hail, 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
May 2007HailMimbres$20,000Hail, mainly quarter to pin pong ball size, accumulated to a depth of at least a foot in Mimbres. The sound that accompanied the hail shaft while still in the distance was described as a roar.
August 2008Flash FloodMimbres$2,000Aklan Hill Road was closed north of Mimbres due to flooding. A water rescue was performed.
July 2013HailMimbres-Nickel size hail was reported to a depth of 3 inches along Highway 152 between San Lorenzo and Emory Pass.
July 2013Flash FloodMimbres-Forest Service personnel reported 3 to 4 feet of water was running down the mimbres river 1 to 2 miles north of Mimbres Ranger Station. Low water crossing on Forest Road 150 near mile marker 35 flowing about 4 to 5 feet deep.
September 2007Flash FloodMimbres-Roads were flooded and culverts washed out around Mimbres.
July 2013HailMimbres-no account filed
August 2008HailMimbres-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Casas Adobes3.8 miles9
San Lorenzo4.5 miles9
Fierro5.3 miles17
Union Hill5.5 miles17
Santa Rita (historical)5.6 miles17
Wimsattville6.6 miles17
Hanover6.6 miles17
Turnerville6.7 miles17

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 MimbresAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6016704The 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 908770. 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.