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San Antonio, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Socorro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87832. It stands on Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Antonio quadrangle. 113 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,583 feet above sea level.

San Antonio within Socorro County

Population over time

2 figures

San Antonio fell from 165 to 113 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.

YearPeople Change
2010165
2020113-52 (-32%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Photographs

1 photograph, 2020

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.

It wouldn't seem that this old windmill has raised enough water to make a difference in its dry surroundings outside the tiny New Mexico settlement of San Antonio, near Soccoro
It wouldn't seem that this old windmill has raised enough water to make a difference in its dry surroundings outside the tiny New Mexico settlement of San Antonio, near Soccoro
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of San Antonio between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,834 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural10
Debris and open burning7
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBosque del Apache National Wildlife RefugeTRACTOR FIRE
4 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionI-25MM128
13 August 2000Natural1.0 acresSocorro Field OfficeYORK
7 July 2009Smokingunder an acreBosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge139 FIRE
7 July 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBENAVEDIZ
7 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSocorro Field OfficeBENIVEDEZ
27 July 2003Smokingunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMM136-I25
27 July 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMM141-I25

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Socorro County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of San Antonio: 5 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead, Volcanic Materials. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Name Unknown Pumice DepositVolcanic MaterialsOccurrencePumice
U S Mining & Milling Corp MillZinc, Gold, Silver, LeadUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 60-19-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 61-40-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 61-43-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 72-1-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 73-9-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Socorro County

Storms near this place

13 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Antonio in 13 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 5 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2013FloodSan Antonio$75,000Water flooded several homes near San Antonio. Several roads around San Antonio were still under water as of noon on the 12th and then finally cleaned up by around 630 pm on the 12th.
July 2018Flash FloodSan Antonio$30,000Flooding along Walnut Creek flowed over the on-ramp to Interstate 25 then over U.S. 380 in San Antonio. The exit ramp from Interstate 25 and U.S. Highway 380 was closed. Flood waters inundated several acres of farm land with debris from downed power poles. Two to three feet of water in San Antonio entered at least one home. Damage amounts of a very rough estimate.
June 2009Flash FloodSan Antonio$30,000Highway 380 was closed between mile markers 2 and 4 east of San Antonio due to water flowing over the roadway after over an estimated 2.5 inches of rain fell in less than 2 hours. Mud and rocks had to be cleared off the road before it was reopened. The flash flooding destroyed an 80 foot section of water supply line just east of the community of San Pedro. This left residents of San Pedro temporarily without water. In addition, a low water crossing in the Bosquecito area was flooded which halted traffic for a few hours.
September 2014Flash FloodSan Antonio$5,000Damage to culvert apron, retaining rock rip-rap, and metal fencing beneath Interstate 25 about 1 mile south of San Antonio exit. Flow was estimated to be at least 6 feet.
July 2010Flash FloodSan Antonio$5,000Bosquecito Road was closed due to high, fast moving water just north of U.S. Highway 380 near an arroyo crossing.
September 2009HailSan Antonio$2,500A vehicle was damaged on Interstate 25 from the one inch hail.
June 2019HailSan Antonio-Significant accumulation of hail up to the size of quarters occurred on Interstate 25 near Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge.
October 2019HailSan Antonio-Hail up to the size of quarters fell a couple miles east of San Antonio.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindSan Antonio-Peak wind gust of 61 mph was recorded from a 10-meter White Sands Missile Range mission support tower in extreme southern Socorro County.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindSan Antonio-The 66 mph thunderstorm wind gust was reported by the White Sands Missile Range Mesonet at Stallion Runway.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindSan Antonio-A White Sands Missile Range Mesonet site recorded a 69 mph wind gust at Stallion Army Airfield.
August 2023HailSan Antonio-no account filed
October 2006HailSan Antonio-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Socorro County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
San Pedro1.4 miles10
San Antonito1.8 miles10
Laborcita1.9 miles10
Bosquecito4.2 miles10
Luis Lopez5.0 miles10
Kinney Wells6.9 miles10
Tokay7.4 miles9
Old Carthage7.9 miles9

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 San AntonioAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q516415The 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 923675. 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.