San Geronimo, New Mexico
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Pecos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87701. It stands on Falls Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Geronimo quadrangle.
On record in San Geronimo
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
- San Geronimo Historic Districtlisted 1983
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1889 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS San Geronimo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS San Geronimo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
90 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of San Geronimo between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,794 acres in total. 61 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Las Vegas District | 20-40250234X |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GERONIMO |
| 25 September 2005 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | ROCK |
| 2 September 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | COMISSARY |
| 10 September 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MINERAL FIRE |
| 10 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | NICHOLSON |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | PABLO |
| 6 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | BARILLAS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of San Geronimo: 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Nickel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy's Nickel Claims | Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Lost Creek | Uranium | Prospect |
Storms near this place
8 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Geronimo in 8 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 6 hail, 2 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 2020 | Hail | San Geronimo | $2,000 | A trained spotter near San Pablo reported ping-pong size hail with a severe thunderstorm. The hail was large enough to cause damage to the spotter's outdoor deck and plastic picnic table. Damage amounts are rough estimates. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | San Geronimo | - | Heavy rains on the Hermit's Peak Calf Canyon burn scar resulted in flash flooding and water over the highway at multiple points of State Road 283 just west of Las Vegas, NM. There were no reports of damage. |
| June 2023 | Hail | San Geronimo | - | Mineral Hill Fire Department reported quarter size hail from a supercell drifting slowly south and east. |
| July 2020 | Hail | San Geronimo | - | A CoCoRaHS observer near San Pablo reported quarter size hail as a severe thunderstorm moved south through the area. |
| June 2017 | Hail | San Geronimo | - | Hail up to the size of half dollars reported near San Geronimo. |
| September 2016 | Hail | San Geronimo | - | Penny to nickel size hail. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | San Geronimo | - | New Mexico DOT reported that Highway 283 was closed near San Geronimo due to flash flooding. A CoCoRaHS observer in the area reported 2.81 inches of rainfall from this storm with strong runoff. 2.30 inches of that fell in just 30 minutes with hail. Highway 283 was reopened the following morning around 11am. |
| July 2014 | Hail | San Geronimo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral Hill | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| San Pablo | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Lagunas | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Ojitos Frios | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Trout Springs | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Agua Zarca | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Gallinas | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Hot Springs | 7.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 915893. 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.







