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Newkirk, New Mexico

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1964. It stands in the Santa Rosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88417. The Survey maps it on the Newkirk quadrangle. 8 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,560 feet above sea level.

Newkirk within Guadalupe County

Population over time

2 figures

Newkirk grew from 7 to 8 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
20107
20208+1 (+14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 6 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

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Newkirk between 1996 and 2020, burning about 5,898 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural3
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
5 August 2000Natural400 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionNEWKIRK
3 August 2012Natural26 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionNORTH CUTT
3 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSEMI
2 July 2000Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionFRONTAGE
6 June 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionNEW KIRK
24 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined118 acresLas Vegas District20-40680553X
24 April 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionNEWKIRK RAIL
18 April 2000Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDISTANCE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Guadalupe 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 Newkirk: 7 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, Calcium, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Materials Pit 62-10-SCalciumUnknown
Materials Pit 62-12-SCalcium, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 57-51-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Two 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

Every working recorded in Guadalupe County

Storms near this place

31 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newkirk in 31 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 20 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1997Thunderstorm WindNewkirk$1,000Trees and porch coverings were damaged by thunderstorm winds.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindNewkirk-A mesonet station near Newkirk measured a severe thunderstorm wind gust of 67 mph.
June 2025HailNewkirk-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail along I-40 near Newkirk. Heavy hail accumulations ended up covering the interstate and impacting travel.
June 2025Flash FloodNewkirk-Flood waters reported over NM129 just north of I-40 at the Newkirk Gas Station.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindNewkirk-A trained spotter near Newkirk measured a 68 mph wind gust associated with an outflow boundary from a severe thunderstorm.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindNewkirk-A line of thunderstorms moving through eastern Guadalupe County produced wind gusts up to 69 mph.
May 2018HailNewkirk-Nickel size at the Newkirk service station.
May 2017HailNewkirk-Penny size hail north of Newkirk.
May 2017HailNewkirk-Quarter size hail north of Newkirk.
June 2017HailNewkirk-Hail up to the size of nickels with heavy rain.
June 2017HailNewkirk-Hail up to the size of nickels.
June 2014HailNewkirk-Hail observed along Interstate 40.
May 2014HailNewkirk-Pea to quarter size hail covered the ground. Most hailstones were the size of a dime or penny and damage to vegetation was reported.
May 2014Flash FloodNewkirk-Alamogordo Creek flowed out of its banks at NM 156 with water and debris reported over the road. An Interstate 40 frontage road was closed between mile markers 311 and 321 due to flooding and high water.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindNewkirk-Strong outflow winds along thunderstorm gust front approximately 7 miles north of Newkirk with visibility down to zero in blowing dust.
June 2012HailNewkirk-Penny size hail reported 10 miles north northeast of Newkirk.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindNewkirk-Report from law enforcement that a Semi had been overturned by thunderstorm winds in I 40. Estimated wind speed.
October 2000HailNewkirk-Small hail to 3/4 inch covering parts of Interstate 40 near mile post 391.
April 1999Flash FloodNewkirk-Widespread street and road closures in Newkirk due to high water.
June 2015HailNewkirk-no account filed
August 2013HailNewkirk-no account filed
May 2005HailNewkirk-no account filed
July 2005HailNewkirk-no account filed
August 2004HailNewkirk-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNewkirk-no account filed
June 2002HailNewkirk-no account filed
September 1999HailNewkirk-no account filed
June 1999Tornado (F0)Newkirk-no account filed
April 1997HailNewkirk-no account filed
June 1996HailNewkirk-no account filed
May 1995HailNewkirk-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Guadalupe 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
Cuervo8.0 miles6
Double Mills13.7 miles13
Los Tanos15.6 miles6
Alamo (historical)15.9 miles6
Santa Rosa23.9 miles7
Puerto De Luna25.0 miles7
Agua Negra (historical)26.3 miles7
Los Ojitos28.4 miles7

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 NewkirkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6041611The 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 918267. 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.