Ribera, New Mexico
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Villanueva census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87560. It lies near Manzanarez Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sena quadrangle. 314 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,053 feet above sea level.
On record in Ribera
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
San Miguel del Vado Historic Districtlisted 1972 · 0.7 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresRibera fell from 416 to 314 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 | 416 | |
| 2020 | 314 | -102 (-25%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1890 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Villanueva quadrangle1:62500
- 1983 USGS Villanueva quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Sena quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Sena quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
38 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Ribera between 1993 and 2020, burning about 323 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Las Vegas District | LA PALOMA |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | 296 |
| 23 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GONZALES |
| 9 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | BEGOSO |
| 31 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RAMON |
| 3 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FRAGUA |
| 19 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LA MADERA |
| 10 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PUEBLO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ribera: 4 unknowns. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ribera in 7 storm reports between 2003 and 2014: 6 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Ribera | $750,000 | Heavy rains caused the Pecos River to overflow its banks from Ribera south to nearly Villanueva. One home in Ribera was moderately damaged and two others had minor damage. Route 3, which runs along the Pecos River, was mostly under water. Three other roads were washed out in Ribera. Areas along and upstream from the Pecos received heavy rain, but so did many creeks and tributaries that flow into the river. Roads along these secondary creeks sustained as much, if not more, damage than in the town of Ribera. In Bernal, flooding creeks caused damage to County Roads B27 and B28A. Only one lane remained open after the shoulders were washed away. The flooding also washed out 300 feet of railway along the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad near Bernal. Further upstream, flash flooding along Tecolote Creek caused one bridge to collapse and damaged five low water crossings. The fast moving water was 12 feet outside of its banks. Another low water crossing in Ojito Fritos along County Road A19A had standing water because culverts were blocked by debris. Despite the mud and debris along the road, one lane was kept open. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Ribera | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Ribera | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Ribera | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Ribera | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Ribera | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Ribera | - | 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 Miguel | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| Coruco | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| El Ancon | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lucero | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| San Jose | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Upper Pueblo | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Sands | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Lower Pueblo | 3.4 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 Ribera | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7322323 | 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 910152. 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.








