South San Ysidro, New Mexico
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Pecos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87538. It lies near Tortolita Canyon. The Survey maps it on the North San Ysidro quadrangle. It stands 1,944 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1894 USGS Lamy quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS North San Ysidro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Villanueva quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS North San Ysidro quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of South San Ysidro between 1993 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 17 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 | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | CUERVO |
| 8 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | EAST RIM |
| 5 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | TRICK |
| 27 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | TRIGOS |
| 21 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | LOBO |
| 18 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | PEAK |
| 18 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | WELCOME |
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 South San Ysidro: 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
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South San Ysidro in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2018: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Hail | South San Ysidro | - | Hail up to the size of quarters with very heavy rainfall impacted the area around South San Ysidro. |
| August 2009 | Hail | South San Ysidro | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North San Ysidro | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Gise | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Ilfeld | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Pajarita | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Soham | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Sands | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Rowe | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Lower Colonias | 6.3 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q92364618 | 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 911270. 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.





