Montezuma, New Mexico
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Las Vegas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87731. It lies near Lime Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Montezuma quadrangle. It stands 6,719 feet above sea level.
On record in Montezuma
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.
Montezuma Hotel Complexlisted 1974 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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 Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Montezuma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Montezuma quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph,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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
104 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Montezuma between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,083 acres in total. 37 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 | 48 |
| Natural | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FALL |
| 18 September 2000 | Natural | 175 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MOON |
| 8 August 2019 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 20-40140164X |
| 8 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SWAMP |
| 7 August 2020 | Natural | 20 acres | Las Vegas District | LA CUEVA CANYON |
| 7 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PETERSON |
| 30 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | RUIDOSO |
| 3 August 2012 | Natural | 3.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LOS VIGILS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Montezuma: 6 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Vigiles | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Materials 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 | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montezuma in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Montezuma | - | Viewer near San Geronimo looking to the northeast observed a tornado in the distance. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Montezuma | - | Heavy rain on the Calf Canyon burn scar drained into Montezuma, flooding New Mexico State Road 65 and forcing the closure of the roadway at mile marker 4. Damages are not known. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Montezuma | - | Hail up to the size of tennis balls at Storrie Lake. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Llano | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| Los Vigiles | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Hot Springs | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| San Antonio | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Trout Springs | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Las Vegas Town | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Arriba | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Gallinas | 4.5 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 Montezuma | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6905523 | 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 908848. 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.







