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.
Population over time
2 figuresSan 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 165 | |
| 2020 | 113 | -52 (-32%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1948 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Oscura Mountains quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph, 2020Taken 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.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge | TRACTOR FIRE |
| 4 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | I-25MM128 |
| 13 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Socorro Field Office | YORK |
| 7 July 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge | 139 FIRE |
| 7 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BENAVEDIZ |
| 7 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Socorro Field Office | BENIVEDEZ |
| 27 July 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM136-I25 |
| 27 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM141-I25 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name Unknown Pumice Deposit | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | Pumice | |
| U S Mining & Milling Corp Mill | Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 60-19-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 61-40-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 61-43-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 72-1-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 73-9-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2006Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Flood | San Antonio | $75,000 | Water 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 2018 | Flash Flood | San Antonio | $30,000 | Flooding 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 2009 | Flash Flood | San Antonio | $30,000 | Highway 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 2014 | Flash Flood | San Antonio | $5,000 | Damage 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 2010 | Flash Flood | San Antonio | $5,000 | Bosquecito Road was closed due to high, fast moving water just north of U.S. Highway 380 near an arroyo crossing. |
| September 2009 | Hail | San Antonio | $2,500 | A vehicle was damaged on Interstate 25 from the one inch hail. |
| June 2019 | Hail | San Antonio | - | Significant accumulation of hail up to the size of quarters occurred on Interstate 25 near Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge. |
| October 2019 | Hail | San Antonio | - | Hail up to the size of quarters fell a couple miles east of San Antonio. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | San 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Antonio | - | The 66 mph thunderstorm wind gust was reported by the White Sands Missile Range Mesonet at Stallion Runway. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Antonio | - | A White Sands Missile Range Mesonet site recorded a 69 mph wind gust at Stallion Army Airfield. |
| August 2023 | Hail | San Antonio | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | San Antonio | - | 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 Pedro | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| San Antonito | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Laborcita | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Bosquecito | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Luis Lopez | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Kinney Wells | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Tokay | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Old Carthage | 7.9 miles | 9 |
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 Antonio | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q516415 | 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 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.





