Sanchez, New Mexico
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Trementina census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87746. The Survey maps it on the Sabinoso quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Sabinoso quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Roy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Sanchez between 1994 and 2019, burning about 133 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CARLOS |
| 23 July 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 17 MILE |
| 21 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HERRERA |
| 17 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 11 July 2019 | Natural | 2.2 acres | Las Vegas District | 20-40070054X |
| 9 June 1996 | Natural | 24 acres | Albuquerque District Office | GRANDE |
| 15 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Las Vegas District | GUTIERREZ |
| 24 April 2000 | Natural | 10 acres | Taos Field Office | TRAILER |
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 Sanchez: 4 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Uranium, Vanadium, Vanadium, Copper, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bish No 2 Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Lester's Cabin | Vanadium, Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Hunt Oil Co | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Mikie V Claims | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Sab | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| T Claims | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Verde Mine | Uranium | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sanchez in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2017: 4 hail, 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Sanchez | $95,000 | Off duty NWS employee reported while traveling in northeast NM. Met with a highway patrol supervisor who gave information on a flash flood event that did considerable damage to sections of SR 419 just north of Trementina. NMDOT was in the process of replacing two bridges (1/8 mile apart) that span arroyos in this area and had temporary detours in place. The water took out a total of three 7 foot culverts that had been in place for over a decade and a local rancher said the water was 7-8 feet deep. It scoured the pavement. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Sanchez | - | Nickel to quarter size hail 10 miles east-southeast of Maes. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Sanchez | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls reported 10 miles east-southeast of Maes. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Sanchez | - | Hail up to the size of baseballs reported with supercell storm north of Trementina. This may be the same storm that resulted in a fatal aircraft accident of an elderly man attempting to reach a private air strip in the area. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Sanchez | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabinoso | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| San Ramon | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Ancon | 6.1 miles | 7 | |
| San Rafael | 9.5 miles | 6 | |
| New Trementina | 11.9 miles | 6 | |
| Trementina | 12.2 miles | 13 | |
| Trujillo | 15.6 miles | 13 | |
| Corazon (historical) | 15.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898596. 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.



