Trujillo, New Mexico
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Trementina census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87701. The Survey maps it on the Trujillo quadrangle. It stands 6,444 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1892 USGS Watrous quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Watrous quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Trujillo quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Roy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Trujillo between 1996 and 2009, burning about 767 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2004 | Natural | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CORAZON |
| 7 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HIKE |
| 18 July 2009 | Natural | 50 acres | Las Vegas District | MAES |
| 10 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RIM ROCK |
| 20 June 2004 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LARGO |
| 19 April 2009 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Las Vegas District | CORAZON |
| 3 February 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MIGUEL |
| 18 December 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 600 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TRUJILLO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Trujillo: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eloy Estrado | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trujillo in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 6 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1997 | Flash Flood | Trujillo | $150,000 | Heavy rain in central San Miguel county produced rock and mud slides which closed Highway 104 about 15 miles west of Trujillo and washed away much of the road material along a 2.6 miles stretch of County Road C-51-A near Trujillo. Several homes in Trujillo were also flooded by runoff. |
| October 2024 | Hail | Trujillo | - | Penny sized hail was observed near Trujillo on State Highway 104 from a quick moving strong storm. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Trujillo | - | Hail started with an accumulation of peas then grew in size up to quarters. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Trujillo | - | Hail was observed at Mile Marker 32. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Trujillo | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Trujillo | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Trujillo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Vista | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Corazon (historical) | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Trementina | 9.8 miles | 13 | |
| New Trementina | 11.5 miles | 6 | |
| Montosa | 12.1 miles | 13 | |
| San Rafael | 12.8 miles | 6 | |
| Salitre | 12.8 miles | 13 | |
| San Ramon | 14.5 miles | 7 |
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 Q100139411 | 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 899962. 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.





