Newcomb, New Mexico
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Shiprock-Sanostee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87455. The Survey maps it on the Newcomb quadrangle. 494 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,554 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresNewcomb grew from 387 to 494 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 387 | |
| 2010 | 339 | -48 (-12%) |
| 2020 | 494 | +155 (+46%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1889 USGS Chaco quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Chaco quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1927 USGS Sulphur Spring quadrangle1:96000
- 1928 USGS Kirtland quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Kirtland quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Shiprock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Newcomb quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Toadlena quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Newcomb between 2006 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | HIWAY 491 MP61 |
| 2 June 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.5 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | HWY 491 MP 55 |
| 22 May 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NEWCOMB 1 |
| 7 April 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | BURNHAM |
| 4 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NEWCOMB 1 |
| 4 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NEWCOMB 2 |
| 22 March 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NEWCOMB 1 |
| 14 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management | NEWCOMB 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newcomb in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2022: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Newcomb | $150,000 | Video shared on the social media platform Tik Tok showed impressive and devastating flash flooding near Sheep Springs. A massive wave of water near U.S. Highway 491 swept horse trailers, farm equipment, and lawn furniture downstream. Water overtopped the hoods of parked vehicles and inundated a few structures and residences. Damages are a rough estimate. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Newcomb | $10,000 | Localized flash flooding reported 20 to 30 miles south of Shiprock on State Highway 491. Part of the road was washed out. |
| September 2003 | Flash Flood | Newcomb | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two Grey Hills | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Tocito | 8.9 miles | 19 | |
| Sheep Springs | 9.8 miles | 18 | |
| Toadlena | 10.4 miles | 18 | |
| Little Water | 11.2 miles | 20 | |
| Sanostee | 13.1 miles | 19 | |
| Naschitti | 15.2 miles | 18 | |
| Crystal | 21.5 miles | 19 |
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 Newcomb | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1983531 | 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 902319. 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.
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.









