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Stanley, New Mexico

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Santa Fe South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87056. It lies near Big Draw. The Survey maps it on the Stanley quadrangle. 108 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,335 feet above sea level.

Stanley within Santa Fe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

25 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Stanley between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,115 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
8 July 2000Natural2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Division472FIRE
11 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionTAHOE COURT
23 June 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBernalillo District20-61920698X
10 June 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDINKLE FIRE
4 May 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBernalillo District19-60870418X
31 May 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionFAMILIA
23 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHALE 2

Every fire recorded in Santa Fe County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stanley: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Santa Fe County

Storms near this place

21 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stanley in 21 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 10 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2008Tornado (EF0)Stanley$12,000There was a brief tornado touchdown 2 miles east of Stanley. The small tornado was on the ground for two minutes. A roof was blown off a barn, 5 power poles were knocked down and 1 pole as snapped in two.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindStanley-Thunderstorm outflow winds caused a 67 mph wind gust measured by a public weather station near Stanley.
July 2021HailStanley-A trained spotter near Stanley reported one inch hail from a severe thunderstorm tracking southward through the area.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindStanley-A collapsing thunderstorm produced an outflow wind gust up to 65 mph.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindStanley-A wet microburst produced a peak wind gust up to 61 mph at Stanley.
May 2016HailStanley-Quarter size hail near Stanley.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindStanley-Stanley.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindStanley-Wind gust to 59mph reported 2 miles east of Stanley.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindStanley-Spotter in Stanley reported a peak wind gust to 58mph.
May 2008Flash FloodStanley-Heavy rain caused flooding of draws and roads east of Stanley, including Flat Lakes Road.
May 2005HailStanley-One inch diameter hail covering ground to two inch depth at Cedar Grove.
July 1997Funnel CloudStanley-Moriarty SKYWARN spotters reported a funnel cloud north of the city.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindStanley-no account filed
October 2008HailStanley-no account filed
October 2008HailStanley-no account filed
May 2008HailStanley-no account filed
May 2008HailStanley-no account filed
August 2000HailStanley-no account filed
September 1998HailStanley-no account filed
August 1997HailStanley-no account filed
April 1997Thunderstorm WindStanley-no account filed

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
Hyer8.8 miles16
White Lakes (historical)10.7 miles15
Cedar Grove11.4 miles19
Edgewood12.8 miles19
Chapatalito (historical)13.7 miles13
San Pedro13.9 miles19
Thunder Mountain14.0 miles19
Golden15.0 miles18

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 StanleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7599399The 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 895302. 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.