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Santa Cruz, New Mexico

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Santa Fe North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87532. It stands on Arroyo del Llano. The Survey maps it on the Espanola quadrangle. 416 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,663 feet above sea level.

Santa Cruz within Santa Fe County

On record in Santa Cruz

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

3 figures

Santa Cruz fell from 423 to 416 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2000423
2010368-55 (-13%)
2020416+48 (+13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

323 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 323 fires within 5 miles of Santa Cruz between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,575 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 53 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
Debris and open burning116
Missing data/not specified/undetermined65
Arson/incendiarism53
Natural27
Fireworks16
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Smoking12
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPHILIP
7 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyBROKEN AX
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestRESUMEDERO
3 September 1992Natural4.5 acresBandelier National MonumentCHURCH
6 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionM50
31 August 1998Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestJOE
31 August 1998Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestTHINNING
26 August 1995Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestTANK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Fe County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Santa Cruz: 3 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
RogersUraniumOccurrence
San Jose No 13 ClaimUraniumUnknown
Bartholomew - Sanchez Grant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
LowdermilkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials Pit No. 55-70-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 59-60-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 59-62-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Santa Fe County

Storms near this place

7 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santa Cruz in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 6 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 2016Flash FloodSanta Cruz$100,000County roads 88 and 98 washed out, exposing pipes, water and utility lines. One vehicle was partially underwater at a nearby low water crossing. Mud, water, and debris were noted over State Road 76 and U.S. Highway 285.
July 2014Flash FloodSanta Cruz$15,000Emergency management reported 3 people were rescued from 2 vehicles in an arroyo in La Puebla. Local broadcast media reported just down the road that a clogged culvert around the Estrella del Norte Vineyard created a flood of water, mud, and debris through the winery. No major damage was reported to structures.
August 2018Flash FloodSanta Cruz$10,000A motorists attempting to cross a flooded roadway along the Santa Cruz River was swept away and rescued. Damage amounts are estimated for loss of the vehicle.
August 2024Flash FloodSanta Cruz$5,000Social media video shows a road washed out at intersection near E. Frontage Road and Bar D 4 Road near Santa Cruz south of Espanola. Road repair cost is an estimate.
August 2010Flash FloodSanta Cruz$5,000Highway 76 was closed due to flash flooding in the vicinity of La Puebla, southeast of Espanola. Four to five feet of rock and silt was washed over the road. Cars were washed into nearby arroyos.
June 2019HailSanta Cruz-A fast-moving thunderstorm produced quarter to half dollar size hail around Espanola.
June 2018Flash FloodSanta Cruz-A brief burst of intense rainfall resulted in flash flooding along NM-76 east of Espanola. The NM Department of Transportation closed the road to clean up mud and debris.

Every storm recorded in Santa Fe 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
Santo Nino0.9 miles20
Sombrillo0.9 miles20
Quarteles1.8 miles20
Arroyo Seco2.1 miles20
Rancho Valle2.1 miles20
El Valle de Arroyo Seco2.2 miles20
La Puebla2.7 miles16
Potrero6.0 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Santa CruzAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2413662The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 928814. 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.