Texico, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Clovis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88135. The Survey maps it on the Farwell quadrangle. 956 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,147 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTexico fell from 1,130 to 956 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,130 | |
| 2020 | 956 | -174 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Farwell quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
2 photographs, 1943Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Texico between 1994 and 2017, burning about 468 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Mule Shoe National Wildlife Refuge | SHREDDER FIRE |
| 24 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Las Vegas District | US 70 |
| 1 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MABRY |
| 26 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PLANT |
| 16 May 2017 | Natural | 25 acres | Las Vegas District | GARRETT |
| 9 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 22 April 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FEEDLOT |
| 2 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Texico: 2 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 |
Storms near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Texico in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2019 | Flash Flood | Texico | $100,000 | An amateur radio operator two miles west-northwest of Clovis reported 4.50 of rainfall in 24 hours. Significant flooding impacted low lying areas around Clovis. Dennis Chavez Park overflowed into nearby streets resulting in several stranded motorists. Local emergency services rescued several people from their vehicles. State Road 77 was also closed due to flooding near Pleasant Hill. Damage amounts are estimated for flood damage to one half dozen vehicles. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Texico | - | The emergency manager relayed a report of golf ball size hail. |
| May 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Texico | - | An off duty National Weather Service employee reported a landspout that began near County Road 6 and Curry Road B and moved south to near County Road 5. There was no damage reported. |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Texico | - | Spotter observed funnel cloud. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Texico | - | Golfball sized hail mixed with nickel and quarter sized hail. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Texico | - | Wind gust estimated at 70 mph near Texico. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Texico | - | Penny hail near Texico. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Texico | - | Clovis AWOS sites reported peak wind gust of 66mph as a line of thunderstorms moved through the area. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Texico | - | The wind pushed a small Chevy truck, that was in neutral, 30 yards down a driveway. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Texico | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Texico | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Texico | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Texico | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Texico | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Texico | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clovis | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 9.2 miles | 7 | |
| Gallaher | 13.1 miles | 8 | |
| Portair | 13.3 miles | 8 | |
| Claud | 15.7 miles | 7 | |
| Ranchvale | 15.9 miles | 8 | |
| Grier | 18.5 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Vrain | 23.3 miles | 8 |
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 Texico | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2054222 | 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 915905. 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.



