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.
Population over time
2 figuresNewkirk 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 8 | +1 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 6 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 Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Newkirk quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1996Regional 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2000 | Natural | 400 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | NEWKIRK |
| 3 August 2012 | Natural | 26 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | NORTH CUTT |
| 3 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SEMI |
| 2 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FRONTAGE |
| 6 June 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | NEW KIRK |
| 24 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 118 acres | Las Vegas District | 20-40680553X |
| 24 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | NEWKIRK RAIL |
| 18 April 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DISTANCE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit 62-10-S | Calcium | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 62-12-S | Calcium, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 57-51-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Two Unnamed Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
31 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newkirk | $1,000 | Trees and porch coverings were damaged by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newkirk | - | A mesonet station near Newkirk measured a severe thunderstorm wind gust of 67 mph. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Newkirk | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail along I-40 near Newkirk. Heavy hail accumulations ended up covering the interstate and impacting travel. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Newkirk | - | Flood waters reported over NM129 just north of I-40 at the Newkirk Gas Station. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newkirk | - | A trained spotter near Newkirk measured a 68 mph wind gust associated with an outflow boundary from a severe thunderstorm. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newkirk | - | A line of thunderstorms moving through eastern Guadalupe County produced wind gusts up to 69 mph. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Newkirk | - | Nickel size at the Newkirk service station. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Newkirk | - | Penny size hail north of Newkirk. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Newkirk | - | Quarter size hail north of Newkirk. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Newkirk | - | Hail up to the size of nickels with heavy rain. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Newkirk | - | Hail up to the size of nickels. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Newkirk | - | Hail observed along Interstate 40. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Newkirk | - | 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 2014 | Flash Flood | Newkirk | - | 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newkirk | - | Strong outflow winds along thunderstorm gust front approximately 7 miles north of Newkirk with visibility down to zero in blowing dust. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Newkirk | - | Penny size hail reported 10 miles north northeast of Newkirk. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newkirk | - | Report from law enforcement that a Semi had been overturned by thunderstorm winds in I 40. Estimated wind speed. |
| October 2000 | Hail | Newkirk | - | Small hail to 3/4 inch covering parts of Interstate 40 near mile post 391. |
| April 1999 | Flash Flood | Newkirk | - | Widespread street and road closures in Newkirk due to high water. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Newkirk | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Newkirk | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Newkirk | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Newkirk | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Newkirk | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newkirk | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Newkirk | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Newkirk | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Newkirk | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Newkirk | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Newkirk | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Newkirk | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuervo | 8.0 miles | 6 | |
| Double Mills | 13.7 miles | 13 | |
| Los Tanos | 15.6 miles | 6 | |
| Alamo (historical) | 15.9 miles | 6 | |
| Santa Rosa | 23.9 miles | 7 | |
| Puerto De Luna | 25.0 miles | 7 | |
| Agua Negra (historical) | 26.3 miles | 7 | |
| Los Ojitos | 28.4 miles | 7 |
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 Newkirk | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6041611 | 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 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.


