Ojo Feliz, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Wagon Mound census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87735. It lies near Cerro del Amole. The Survey maps it on the Ojo Feliz quadrangle. It stands 7,539 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Ojo Feliz quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Taos quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Ojo Feliz quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
32 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Ojo Feliz between 1995 and 2020, burning about 20,180 acres in total. 25 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 20-40280241X |
| 31 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LA JARA |
| 30 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SKIPPY |
| 24 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MUFFLER |
| 14 August 2017 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Las Vegas District | ELK FIRE |
| 14 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | JOJOLLA |
| 12 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BUENA VISTA |
| 1 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Las Vegas District | BULL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ojo Feliz in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 12 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 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 2007 | Hail | Ojo Feliz | $600 | The hail broke two windows in a home. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Ojo Feliz | - | A trained spotter in Ojo Feliz observed nickel size hail from a strong thunderstorm. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ojo Feliz | - | Peak wind gusts up to 60 mph in Ojo Feliz. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Ojo Feliz | - | Trained spotter reported that County Road 3 was impassable due to flood waters and water inundated the lobby of the post office. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Ojo Feliz | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Ojo Feliz | - | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Hail | Ojo Feliz | - | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Hail | Ojo Feliz | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Ojo Feliz | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Ojo Feliz | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Ojo Feliz | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Ojo Feliz | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Ojo Feliz | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Ojo Feliz | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Ojo Feliz | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Ojo Feliz | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Jara | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Los Medinas | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Los Cisneros | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Los Cocas | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Lucero | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| El Turquillo | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Los Huerros | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Rainsville | 7.3 miles | 15 |
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 Feliz | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19818345 | 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 899819. 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.




