Upper Nutria, New Mexico
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Zuni census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87321. It lies near Mexican Hill. The Survey maps it on the Upper Nutria quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1886 USGS Wingate quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Wingate quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Upper Nutria quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Gallup quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Zuni quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Upper Nutria quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
116 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Upper Nutria between 1992 and 2020, burning about 413 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 63 |
| Natural | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Zuni Agency | HARVEY 2 |
| 9 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Zuni Agency | BTC |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Zuni Agency | LOVELETTER |
| 26 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Zuni Agency | COLLIRE |
| 25 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Zuni Agency | WETLAND |
| 2 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Zuni Agency | HARVEY |
| 1 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | 6 MILE 2 |
| 8 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Zuni Agency | CROW |
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 Upper Nutria: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Jurgensen Pit | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Upper Nutria Limestone Pit | Stone | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Upper Nutria in 1 storm report in 2009: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Upper Nutria | $25,000 | Dirt roads were washed away by the heavy rainfall in the Timberlake Ranch subdivision. Giant boulders blocked the roadways, preventing residents from making it home from the main roadway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Nutria | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Timberlake | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Pinehaven | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Page | 7.8 miles | 17 | |
| McGaffey | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Vanderwagen | 9.8 miles | 14 | |
| Bread Springs | 10.2 miles | 16 | |
| Ramah | 10.3 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.
| Wikidata item Q122590645 | 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 911998. 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.









