Naranjos, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Wagon Mound census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87734. It lies near Los Naranjos Peak. The Survey maps it on the Mora Ranch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Mora Ranch quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Springer quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Naranjos between 1993 and 2020, burning about 16,986 acres in total. 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2000 | Natural | 15 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BLATTMAN |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | UNION |
| 15 September 2017 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Las Vegas District | DOMINIC |
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WHITE |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | 800 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MESA |
| 10 August 1995 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Northern Pueblos Agency | TWO CAR |
| 10 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GARCIA |
| 9 July 2002 | Natural | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CEJITA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Naranjos: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Naranjos in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Hail | Naranjos | - | CoCoRaHS observer near Ocate reported hail between quarter to half dollar size from a severe thunderstorm. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Naranjos | - | Hail lasted for about 45 minutes and the largest stone was the size of a quarter. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocate | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Halls Peak (historical) | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Los Huerros | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Los LeFebres | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Ojo Feliz | 10.1 miles | 11 | |
| Los Cocas | 12.7 miles | 10 | |
| La Jara | 13.1 miles | 10 | |
| Guadalupita | 13.6 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122591885 | 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 915869. 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.



