San Ignacio, New Mexico
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Santa Rosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88435. It stands on CaƱada Bonita. The Survey maps it on the San Ignacio quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Fort Sumner quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Sumner quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS San Ignacio quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of San Ignacio between 1999 and 2019, burning about 4,267 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LOPEZ |
| 23 August 2000 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | THOMPSON |
| 23 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 19-40650444X |
| 31 March 2011 | Fireworks | 3,079 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BRUSH |
| 2 March 2000 | Smoking | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ROSA |
| 19 November 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PINTADA |
| 19 November 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | JUNCTION |
| 26 January 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 640 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PASTURA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of San Ignacio: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Calcium, Uranium, Copper, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Uranium Prospect | Uranium, Copper, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Materials Pit 57-13-F | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pintada Group | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Porcupine Prospect | Copper, Silver, Uranium, Lead | Occurrence | 1952 | |
| Materials Pit 57-5-S | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 66-46-S | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Pintada Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1895, 1939, 1970 |
Storms near this place
5 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Ignacio in 5 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Ignacio | - | The Thompson Cattle mesonet station measured a 62 mph wind gust as showers moved through the area. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | San Ignacio | - | Large accumulations of hail covering areas along I-40 combined with heavy rainfall resulted in rushing water over the roadways and drainages to overflow their banks. |
| May 2017 | Funnel Cloud | San Ignacio | - | Media crew with KRQE spotted a funnel cloud just north of Interstate 40 near U.S. Highway 84. |
| May 2017 | Hail | San Ignacio | - | Hail up to the size of half dollars reported along Interstate 40 at mile marker 252. |
| July 2016 | Hail | San Ignacio | - | Nickel hail west of Santa Rosa. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vegas Junction | 5.0 miles | 6 | |
| Pintada | 7.0 miles | 6 | |
| Pastura | 9.0 miles | 6 | |
| Arabella | 9.2 miles | 6 | |
| Sombrio (historical) | 10.7 miles | 6 | |
| Agua Negra (historical) | 13.6 miles | 7 | |
| Santa Rosa | 14.1 miles | 7 | |
| Colonias | 14.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899895. 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.



