Ojo Caliente, New Mexico
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tres Piedras census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87549. It stands on Arroyo de la Plaza. The Survey maps it on the Ojo Caliente quadrangle. 135 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,250 feet above sea level.
On record in Ojo Caliente
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 3 records
Chapel of Santa Cruzlisted 1975
Ojo Caliente Hot Springs Round Barnlisted 2003
Ojo Caliente Mineral Springslisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1918 USGS Abiquiu quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Ojo Caliente quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1995 USGS Ojo Caliente quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Ojo Caliente between 1992 and 2017, burning about 30 acres in total. 5 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 | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | HONDO |
| 25 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PRIVATE |
| 1 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | OLIVER |
| 9 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | CERRO FIRE |
| 8 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | PLAZA |
| 23 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PETACA |
| 29 June 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | OJITO |
| 28 June 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | RANCHO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Ojo Caliente: 13 prospects, 6 unknowns, 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Compadres | Quartz | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Spring | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit No. 62-39-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 62-42-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 78-10-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 78-41-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Antonio Joseph Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ojo Caliente in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Ojo Caliente | $25,000 | Heavy rain in Ojo Caliente resulted in flash flooding. Flood waters reportedly entered at least one mobile home, and debris and water covered many secondary roads east of U.S. Highway 285. The extent of damage to the mobile home is unknown, and damages are a rough estimate. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howiri-Ouinge Historic Site (historical) | 0.0 miles | 12 | |
| Solo | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Taos Junction | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Barranca | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Pilar | 13.9 miles | 12 | |
| Carson | 15.5 miles | 12 | |
| Vallecito | 17.1 miles | 12 | |
| Servilleta | 18.2 miles | 9 |
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 Ojo Caliente | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7081640 | 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 909309. 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.






