BlockProgresso, New Mexico
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Mountainair-Encino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87063. The Survey maps it on the Progresso quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Fort Sumner quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Sumner quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Corona quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Progresso quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Progresso quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Progresso between 1996 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. None 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | 24 FIRE |
| 29 May 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CEDAR |
| 26 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | HWY 42 |
| 4 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | YESO |
| 1 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bernalillo District | 20-60950396X |
| 10 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Bernalillo District | DACHSHUND FIRE |
| 12 November 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CEDAR |
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 Progresso: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Magnesite, Sodium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna Salina | Halite, Magnesite, Sodium | Past Producer | Halite |
Storms near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Progresso in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 4 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Hail | Progresso | - | Hail up to two inch in diameter accumulated to a depth of six inches from a stationary severe thunderstorm near Willard, which resulted in flash flooding and the closure of NM Highway 42. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Progresso | - | A trained spotter near Cedarvale reported quarter size hail with a severe thunderstorm. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Progresso | - | A spotter observed a tornado south of Willard in open range land. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Progresso | - | Hail up to the size of quarters 11 miles west-northwest of Cedarvale. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Progresso | - | Quarter size hail reported in Progresso. |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q7248885 | 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 918296. 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.