Spiess, New Mexico
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Santa Fe South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87540. It lies near Cerro Colorado. The Survey maps it on the Galisteo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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 Galisteo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Villanueva quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
39 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Spiess between 1994 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WS FIRE |
| 25 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | 285 FIRE |
| 19 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SF SOUTHERN |
| 29 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 28 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LOS CABAUOS |
| 24 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TRESTLE |
| 4 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GALISTEO |
| 2 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BADBOY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Spiess: 1 unknown. 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 Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spiess in 1 storm report in 2008: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Hail | Spiess | - | The hail lasted for 20 minutes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamy | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Los Marias | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Galisteo | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Eldorado at Santa Fe | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Kennedy | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| El Dorado | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| El Dorado at Santa Fe | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Chapatalito (historical) | 8.7 miles | 13 |
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 Q122572443 | 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 898856. 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.




