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Nara Visa, New Mexico

4 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1971. It stands in the Logan-Nara Visa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88430. The Survey maps it on the Nara Visa quadrangle. 51 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,183 feet above sea level.

Nara Visa within Quay County

On record in Nara Visa

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Nara Visa fell from 95 to 51 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
201095
202051-44 (-46%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 4 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

7 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Nara Visa between 1994 and 2019, burning about 3,948 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
28 June 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,300 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSHOENAIL
22 April 2006Natural325 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
22 April 2006Natural94 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
26 February 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTATE LINE 54 WEST
22 February 2000Natural15 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCOMACK
21 October 2010Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTATE LINE 54 WEST
22 January 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution2,209 acresLas Vegas District19-40450279X

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Quay County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Nara Visa: 9 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Unnamed PitStoneUnknown
Three Unnamed PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Quay County

Storms near this place

49 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nara Visa in 49 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 36 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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
June 1995Thunderstorm WindNara Visa$200,000no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindNara Visa$200,000no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindNara Visa$75,000High winds damaged a home several miles northwest of Nara Visa. Windows were blown out of the home and trees were toppled in the area. Damage amounts are a rough estimate for roof and window damage.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindNara Visa$65,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts blew of a community center roof, church doors and destroyed numerous outbuildings in Nara Visa as reported in Quay County Sun. A social media post showed a large section of a metal fence lofted into the air and draped over a toppled tree at Burns Ranch and a second large tree blown down.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindNara Visa$50,000High winds and large hail resulted in roof damage to at least one home in Nara Visa. Damage amounts are a rough estimate for one home.
August 1993HailNara Visa$5,000Golfball-size hail broke windows and shredded trees of vegetation.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindNara Visa$3,000A line of thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts in northeast New Mexico. Large tree limbs were broken six miles south of Amistad and windows were broken in Nara Visa.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindNara Visa-The public reported a severe thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph.
June 2023Tornado (EFU)Nara Visa-Landspout (non-mesocyclonic) tornado touched down briefly southeast of Nara Visa, NM.
June 2023HailNara Visa-Report from mPING of hen egg size hail as supercell moves east through northern Quay County.
May 2021Tornado (EF0)Nara Visa-A supercell near Nara Visa spawned a brief tornado which tracked northwest for approximately ten minutes. No damage was reported.
June 2019HailNara Visa-Quarter size hail in Nara Visa.
August 2019HailNara Visa-Quarter size hail and high winds damaged the roof of at least one home in Nara Visa. Damage amounts were included in the associated high wind report.
May 2018HailNara Visa-Penny size hail in Nara Visa.
May 2018HailNara Visa-Hail up to the size of quarters in Nara Visa.
August 2017HailNara Visa-Hail up to the size of half dollars seven miles southwest of Nara Visa.
June 2014Flash FloodNara Visa-Second night in a row of highway flooding on highway 402 between Amistad and Nara Visa near mile marker 22 due to heavy rain from thunderstorms.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindNara Visa-Power has been out since 650 or 700pm MDT.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindNara Visa-Strongest winds occurred between 710 and 720pm MDT.
August 2008HailNara Visa-Penny size hail accumulated to a depth of 4 inches northwest of Nara Visa.
June 1995HailNara Visa-Severe thunderstorms produced large hail and three tornadoes. A small tornado at Rosebud in Harding County ripped down 30 to 40 power poles and damaged utility buildings. A tornado in northern Quay County continued into Hartley County, of the Texas panhandle and lifted up two miles east of Romero. The tornado just north of Glen Rio was brief. Due to the open country no damage occurred with these events. All paths are an estimate. Wind damage northwest of Nara Visa accounted for 70 plus power poles and several out buildings.
June 1995HailNara Visa-Dime-size hail reported by Tucumcari Sheriff's Office.
June 1995HailNara Visa-Dime-size hail reported by Tucumcari Sheriff's Office.
June 1995HailNara Visa-Severe thunderstorms produced large hail and two tornadoes. The tornado in northern Quay County continued into Hartley County of the Texas Panhandle and lifted up two miles east of Romero. The tornado just north of Glen Rio was brief. Due to the open country no damage occurred with these events. Both paths are an estimate. Wind damage northwest of Nara Visa accounted for 70 plus power poles and several out buildings.
September 1993HailNara Visa-Quarter-size hail was reported by a storm spotter and relayed through KFDA-TV station.
August 2015HailNara Visa-no account filed
May 2010HailNara Visa-no account filed
May 2010HailNara Visa-no account filed
July 2009HailNara Visa-no account filed
August 2008HailNara Visa-no account filed
May 2008HailNara Visa-no account filed
July 2007HailNara Visa-no account filed
July 2005HailNara Visa-no account filed
June 2005HailNara Visa-no account filed
June 2005HailNara Visa-no account filed
June 2005HailNara Visa-no account filed
June 2004HailNara Visa-no account filed
June 2004HailNara Visa-no account filed
August 2004HailNara Visa-no account filed
April 2002HailNara Visa-no account filed
April 2002HailNara Visa-no account filed
April 2002Funnel CloudNara Visa-no account filed
May 2002HailNara Visa-no account filed
May 2001HailNara Visa-no account filed
June 1997HailNara Visa-no account filed
June 1995HailNara Visa-no account filed
June 1995HailNara Visa-no account filed
June 1995HailNara Visa-no account filed
June 1995HailNara Visa-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Quay 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
Obar7.4 miles4
Sand Springs13.5 miles5
Canode (historical)17.3 miles5
Anniston (historical)20.0 miles5
Logan23.5 miles5
Porter29.3 miles4
Endee32.4 miles5
Hudson33.0 miles6

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 Nara VisaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q9048689The 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 899809. 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.