San Fidel, New Mexico
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1883 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Grants census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87049. It lies near Mesa Hill. The Survey maps it on the Cubero quadrangle. 124 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,175 feet above sea level.
On record in San Fidel
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 1 record
Acoma Curio Shoplisted 2009
Population over time
2 figuresSan Fidel fell from 138 to 124 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 | 138 | |
| 2020 | 124 | -14 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1883 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1886 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000
- 1899 USGS Mt. Taylor quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Cubero quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Grants quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
157 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of San Fidel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 492 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 97 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | CANIPA |
| 29 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | CORNFIELD |
| 29 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Laguna Agency | SHINGLE |
| 12 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | ACOMA FD 16 |
| 10 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Laguna Agency | FLOWER MTN. |
| 7 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Laguna Agency | YORK |
| 5 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | SANTA MARIA |
| 5 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | JUNCTION32 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of San Fidel: 8 producers, 5 unknowns. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basalt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Crusher Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cubero Land Grant Association Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Materials Pit M-19581 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 57-71-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 60-52-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 61-23-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 62-28-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit M1513c | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Fidel in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2022: 4 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Flash Flood | San Fidel | $25,000 | Heavy rain in the San Fidel area caused major flooding of arroyos and washed out County Road 13. Damages are estimated. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | San Fidel | - | A trained spotter near San Fidel reported flash flooding on San Jose Loop. No damages are known. |
| June 2022 | Hail | San Fidel | - | A trained spotter near San Fidel reported quarter size hail that had accumulated to about an inch deep. |
| October 2017 | Flash Flood | San Fidel | - | Flash flooding along nearby arroyo approaching home. Residents trapped in home. No damage reported. |
| August 2016 | Hail | San Fidel | - | Pea size to penny size hail accumulated up to four inches deep on Interstate 40 near San Fidel and highway 124 near McCartys. One vehicle slid off the highway. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | San Fidel | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acomita Lake | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Alaska | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| North Acomita Village | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| West Village | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Acomita | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Villa de Cubero | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| McCartys | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Budville | 4.0 miles | 18 |
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 Fidel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4960393 | 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 923676. 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.









