Tererro, New Mexico
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Pecos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87573. It stands on Davis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rosilla Peak quadrangle. It stands 7,720 feet above sea level.
On record in Tererro
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.
Pecos River Bridge at Terrerolisted 1997 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Santa Fe quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Rosilla Peak quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Rosilla Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Tererro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,292 acres in total. 60 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 60 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | WILLOW |
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | TRACT |
| 6 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | LINK |
| 4 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
| 1 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | RIDGE |
| 1 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | LINKS |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | TRACK |
| 4 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Tererro: 3 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Bismuth. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene R. Long Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jones Mine | Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | 1899 | |
| Pecos Mine | Zinc, Lead, Bismuth | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Pecos Mine | Zinc, Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Willow Creek District-New Mexico | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Jones Mine | Copper | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tererro in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Hail | Tererro | - | Estimated penny size hail fell from a strong thunderstorm near Tererro. The hail accumulated to about 4 inches deep, but no impacts were known. |
| September 1998 | Hail | Tererro | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tres Lagunas | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Holy Ghost | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Grass Mountain Summer Home Area | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| El Macho | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cowles | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Winsor Creek Summer Home | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Geronimo | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Upper La Posada | 6.4 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 Tererro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19818363 | 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 911611. 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.






