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.
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
Pecos National Historical ParkNational Historic Landmark · listed 1991
Pecos National MonumentNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
San Antonio de Padua Churchlisted 1978
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Pecos Church (Ruins), Pecosfederal building survey, 14 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresPecos 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,392 | |
| 2020 | 1,441 | +49 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1889 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Pecos quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Pecos quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
103 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | HAGEN |
| 18 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | LISBOA |
| 8 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | OJITO |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | 16 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | POSADA |
| 8 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Pecos National Historical Park | STRIKETWO |
| 7 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | OJITO |
| 5 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | ALAMITOS |
| 5 August 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | ALAMITOS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Lode Mine | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | 1910 |
Storms near this place
15 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Wildfire | Pecos | $1,200,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Pecos | $80,000 | The 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 2014 | Hail | Pecos | $20,000 | Numerous 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 2017 | Hail | Pecos | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls in Pecos. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Pecos | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls in Pecos. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Pecos | - | Quarter size hail in Pecos. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pecos | - | Ponderosa trees were leaning 20 degrees off center. |
| September 2013 | Flood | Pecos | - | 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 2000 | Flash Flood | Pecos | - | 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 2014 | Hail | Pecos | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Pecos | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Pecos | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Pecos | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Pecos | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Pecos | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Pecos | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Lower La Posada | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Upper Colonias | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Upper La Posada | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Lower Colonias | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Rowe | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| El Macho | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Pajarita | 7.2 miles | 14 |
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 Pecos | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q931185 | 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 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.






