Rincon, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hatch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87940. It stands on Rincon Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Rincon quadrangle. 273 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,068 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresRincon grew from 220 to 273 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 220 | |
| 2010 | 271 | +51 (+23%) |
| 2020 | 273 | +2 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rincon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Hatch quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Rincon between 1999 and 2019, burning about 37 acres in total. 1 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2007 | Natural | 5.6 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | LA JOLLA |
| 4 June 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | MOON |
| 23 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | 37 |
| 13 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | RIO GRANDE 154 2 |
| 13 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | RIO GRANDE 154 1 |
| 29 January 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | LEVY |
| 15 January 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | RIVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Rincon: 10 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan | Manganese, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Rincon Well | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 62-16-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Cook Placer Claims | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Last Chance | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Morgan | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Rincon Manganese Deposits | Manganese | Past Producer | 1918, 1958 | |
| Kite Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Materials Pit #10 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rincon in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Rincon | - | The Dona Ana County Emergency Manager and Flood Commission reported significant water flow in the Rincon Arroyo at Interstate 25. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Rincon | - | The Dona Ana Office of Emergency Management reported flooding in Rincon. |
| January 2017 | Flood | Rincon | - | New Mexico 154 was closed between Rincon and Hatch due to flooding at two low water crossings. One crossing was located right at mile marker 3 with the other located about 0.7 miles east. The worst of the flooding was around 4 AM when water ran 3 to 4 feet deep. |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Rincon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2902637 | 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 920673. 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.



