San Juan, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Bayard-Santa Rita census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88041. The Survey maps it on the San Lorenzo quadrangle.
On record in San Juan
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 2 records
- San Juan Historic Districtlisted 1988
- Jesus Valencia Houselisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS San Lorenzo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Hatch quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS San Lorenzo quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS San Lorenzo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
38 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of San Juan between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,487 acres in total. 5 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 | 19 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SEPT 6TH |
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Gila National Forest | HOT SPRINGS |
| 9 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LAWS |
| 3 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LOWER ACLAIN |
| 3 July 2002 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LION |
| 18 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.3 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ACKLIN |
| 9 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | YUCCA |
| 5 June 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of San Juan: 10 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Perlite, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit 66-50-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Box Well Graben Perlite Deposit | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Mimbres Fault Perlite Deposit No. 1 | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Mimbres Fault Perlite Deposit No. 2 | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Mimbres Fault Perlite Deposit No. 3 | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Juan in 1 storm report in 2006: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | San Juan | - | Highway 61 was washed out near San Juan. Also, further northwest (near Mimbres) a Jeep was swept away by the rain swollen Mimbres River. The driver survived without injury. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| San Lorenzo | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Casas Adobes | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Mimbres | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Big Mill | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Santa Rita (historical) | 8.8 miles | 17 | |
| Dwyer | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Turnerville | 9.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 910644. 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.





