Sapello, New Mexico
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Las Vegas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87745. It stands on Manuelitas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sapello quadrangle. It stands 6,968 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1889 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Sapello quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Sapello quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
75 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Sapello between 1993 and 2020, burning about 6,483 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 21-40450261X |
| 5 September 2020 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Las Vegas District | 21-40440260X |
| 8 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SWAMP |
| 7 August 2000 | Natural | 3,600 acres | Las Vegas District | BELL |
| 6 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM16 |
| 5 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | COUGAR |
| 24 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ROBBINS |
| 21 August 2013 | Natural | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | APACHE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sapello: 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sapello in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 10 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Hail | Sapello | - | Two reports of quarter to ping pong ball size hail at Sapello as storm moved southeast through San Miguel County. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Sapello | - | A member of the public near Sapello reported golf ball size hail from a severe thunderstorm tracking southeast through the area. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Sapello | - | Hail up to the size of nickels in Sapello. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Sapello | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls in Sapello. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Sapello | - | Emergency Manager relayed a report of 3 inches of rainfall at Sapello. Heavy rainfall and a clogged culvert resulted in 8 to 12 inches of water flooding over highway 266. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Sapello | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Sapello | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Sapello | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Sapello | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Sapello | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Sapello | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Tusas | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Manuelitas | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Canoncito | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Emplazado | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| San Ignacio | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Las Dispensas | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Los Alamos | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Tierra Monte | 7.8 miles | 16 |
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 Sapello | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19818357 | The 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 910814. 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.







