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Pecos, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Pecos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87552. It lies near Alamitos Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Pecos quadrangle. 1,441 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,923 feet above sea level.

Pecos within San Miguel County

On record in Pecos

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

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Pecos grew from 1,392 to 1,441 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
20101,392
20201,441+49 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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.

Photographs

8 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

San Miguel del Vado, Territorial House, Upper Pecos River Valley, San Miguel, San Miguel County, NM
San Miguel del Vado, Territorial House, Upper Pecos River Valley, San Miguel, San Miguel County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Village of El Cerrito, Pecos River Valley, El Cerrito, San Miguel County, NM
Village of El Cerrito, Pecos River Valley, El Cerrito, San Miguel County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
San Miguel Del Vado, General View, Upper Pecos River Valley, San Miguel, San Miguel County, NM
San Miguel Del Vado, General View, Upper Pecos River Valley, San Miguel, San Miguel County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Spanish American Villages of the Pecos River Valley, General View, Upper Pecos River Valley, Villanueva, San Miguel County, NM
Spanish American Villages of the Pecos River Valley, General View, Upper Pecos River Valley, Villanueva, San Miguel County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Pecos Church (Ruins), Pecos, San Miguel County, NM
Pecos Church (Ruins), Pecos, San Miguel County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Village of San Jose Dal Vado, Upper Pecos River Valley, San Jose, San Miguel County, NM
Village of San Jose Dal Vado, Upper Pecos River Valley, San Jose, San Miguel County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Village of Villanueva, Upper Pecos River Valley, Villanueva, San Miguel County, NM
Village of Villanueva, Upper Pecos River Valley, Villanueva, San Miguel County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
San Miguel Del Vado, Warehouse & Stable, Upper Pecos River Valley, San Miguel, San Miguel County, NM
San Miguel Del Vado, Warehouse & Stable, Upper Pecos River Valley, San Miguel, San Miguel County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Pecos between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,130 acres in total. 51 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
Natural51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Debris and open burning3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 September 2018Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestHAGEN
18 September 1996Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestLISBOA
8 August 2016Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestOJITO
8 August 2003Natural16 acresSanta Fe National ForestPOSADA
8 August 1994Naturalunder an acrePecos National Historical ParkSTRIKETWO
7 August 2019Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestOJITO
5 August 2019Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestALAMITOS
5 August 2013Natural1.0 acresSanta Fe National ForestALAMITOS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pecos: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver. 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
Fairview Lode MineCopper, SilverOccurrence1910

Every working recorded in San Miguel County

Storms near this place

15 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pecos in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2017: 10 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 wildfire, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2000WildfirePecos$1,200,000no account filed
June 1997Flash FloodPecos$80,000The Pecos River, already swollen by late season snowmelt, rose quickly during 12 to 18 hours of steady rain which totaled nearly 3 inches in the watershed above Pecos. The combined heavy runoff caused damage to several private bridges and filled low crossings with mud and debris.
June 2014HailPecos$20,000Numerous reports of hail damage just north of Pecos from significant hailstones up to hen egg size in diameter. Several homes sustained window, skylight, and roof damage, including dents to a metal roof, as well as substantial damage to at least three vehicles.
June 2017HailPecos-Hail up to the size of golf balls in Pecos.
June 2017HailPecos-Hail up to the size of golf balls in Pecos.
May 2017HailPecos-Quarter size hail in Pecos.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindPecos-Ponderosa trees were leaning 20 degrees off center.
September 2013FloodPecos-The Pecos River breached its banks in Pecos Canyon. NM 63 north of Pecos was closed due to flooding. A small creek behind residences rose fast and forced evacuations of nearby residences.
June 2000Flash FloodPecos-Heavy rain of near 1 inch over the Viveash Burn area northeast of Pecos sent a 5 foot surge of ash and debris down Cow Creek. A large fish kill was reported at the confluence with the Pecos River.
June 2014HailPecos-no account filed
July 2007HailPecos-no account filed
June 2006HailPecos-no account filed
June 2004HailPecos-no account filed
June 2004HailPecos-no account filed
July 1999HailPecos-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Miguel 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
East Pecos0.6 miles16
Lower La Posada4.4 miles16
Upper Colonias4.8 miles15
Upper La Posada5.2 miles16
Lower Colonias5.3 miles15
Rowe5.7 miles14
El Macho7.0 miles16
Pajarita7.2 miles14

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 PecosAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q931185The 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 915876. 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.