Reserve, New Mexico
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Reserve census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87830. It lies near Starkweather Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Reserve quadrangle. 293 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,774 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresReserve grew from 289 to 293 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 | 289 | |
| 2020 | 293 | +4 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1915 USGS Reserve quadrangle1:125000
- 1918 USGS Reserve quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Reserve quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Tularosa Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Reserve quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Reserve between 1992 and 2020, burning about 638 acres in total. 72 started naturally. 10 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 | 72 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Gila National Forest | FISHER |
| 12 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | HIGHLOWER |
| 9 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | KEKO |
| 9 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | not named |
| 8 August 1993 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Gila National Forest | not named |
| 7 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | BLUE |
| 4 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | not named |
| 31 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | DUMP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Reserve: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. U. Canyon Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Starkweather Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reserve in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2018: 4 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 1998 | Flash Flood | Reserve | $150,000 | Heavy damage was reported at the Catron County Fairgrounds following torrential rain of 2.5 inches in about an hour. Early warnings from the National Weather Service allowed county officials to evacuate 6 homes well ahead of the water and debris flow. Unusual for western New Mexico, this severe storm also produced large hail. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Reserve | $50,000 | Torrential rainfall forced mud, rocks, and debris across roadways. Law enforcement reported damage to dirt roads with significant erosion in the area. Damage amounts are a very rough estimate. |
| August 1999 | Flash Flood | Reserve | - | Rocks and mud swept across several roads between Reserve and Glenwood. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Reserve | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Reserve | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Plaza | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Lower San Francisco Plaza | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Rancho Grande Estates | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Cruzville | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Potato Patch | 8.5 miles | 14 | |
| Apache Creek | 10.9 miles | 13 | |
| Aspen Mountain | 11.1 miles | 15 | |
| Luna | 12.7 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 Reserve | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q512561 | 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 923657. 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.








