BlockVariadero, New Mexico
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Trementina census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88421. It stands on Variadero Mesa. The Survey maps it on the Variadero quadrangle.
On record in Variadero
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 1 record
Variadero Bridgelisted 1997
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 6 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 Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Variadero quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Variadero between 1995 and 2016, burning about 9,801 acres in total. 7 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 | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | QUINTANA |
| 13 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PABLO LUCERO |
| 18 August 2007 | Natural | 100 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 10 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM46 |
| 22 July 2016 | Natural | 1,300 acres | Las Vegas District | CORAZON PEAK |
| 2 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MESITA |
| 8 June 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HOTSY |
| 7 June 2001 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DATSUN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Variadero: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Variadero in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Hail | Variadero | - | A trained spotter 9 miles southeast of Variadero observed 2 inch hail from a severe thunderstorm. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Variadero | - | Heavy rain southwest of Conchas resulted in flash flooding along New Mexico State Road 104. No damages were known. |
| May 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Variadero | - | A cone funnel was spotted north of Santa Rosa Lake State Park for about 15 minutes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adero Az | 2.4 miles | 6 | |
| New Trementina | 5.6 miles | 6 | |
| Trementina | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| San Rafael | 7.2 miles | 6 | |
| Corazon (historical) | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| San Ramon | 11.1 miles | 7 | |
| Salitre | 11.3 miles | 13 | |
| Cabra Springs (historical) | 11.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 896104. 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.