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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.

San Geronimo within San Miguel County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

Fires near this place

90 since 1993

Regional 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
Natural61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreLas Vegas District20-40250234X
29 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGERONIMO
25 September 2005Natural4.0 acresSanta Fe National ForestROCK
2 September 2013Natural1.0 acresSanta Fe National ForestCOMISSARY
10 September 2000Natural2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMINERAL FIRE
10 September 2000Natural1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionNICHOLSON
8 August 2003Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestPABLO
6 August 2011Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestBARILLAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Guy's Nickel ClaimsNickelOccurrence
Lost CreekUraniumProspect

Every working recorded in San Miguel County

Storms near this place

8 since 2014

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2020HailSan Geronimo$2,000A 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 2024Flash FloodSan 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 2023HailSan Geronimo-Mineral Hill Fire Department reported quarter size hail from a supercell drifting slowly south and east.
July 2020HailSan Geronimo-A CoCoRaHS observer near San Pablo reported quarter size hail as a severe thunderstorm moved south through the area.
June 2017HailSan Geronimo-Hail up to the size of half dollars reported near San Geronimo.
September 2016HailSan Geronimo-Penny to nickel size hail.
July 2014Flash FloodSan 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 2014HailSan Geronimo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Miguel 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
Mineral Hill2.1 miles16
San Pablo2.3 miles16
Lagunas4.6 miles15
Ojitos Frios6.0 miles15
Trout Springs6.2 miles16
Agua Zarca6.6 miles15
Gallinas7.2 miles16
Hot Springs7.5 miles16

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.