Weed, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Southeast Otero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88354. The Survey maps it on the Sacramento quadrangle. 67 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,047 feet above sea level.
On record in Weed
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
- Bluewater Lookout Complexlisted 1988
Population over time
2 figuresWeed grew from 63 to 67 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 | 63 | |
| 2020 | 67 | +4 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1952 USGS Cloudcroft quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Alamogordo quadrangle1:100000
- 2004 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
81 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Weed between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,501 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 1 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 | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | SEEP |
| 21 September 2011 | Natural | 12 acres | Lincoln National Forest | BLUE WATER |
| 7 August 2019 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Capitan District | 20-50340160X |
| 5 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | EHART |
| 3 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | HAY |
| 3 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | BELL II |
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WEED |
| 25 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | WITHOUT |
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 Weed: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| State Hwy Pit No. 63-8-S | Stone | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weed in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2015: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Hail | Weed | - | The person that reported golf ball size hail in Weed said it appeared to be more extensive toward the town of Sacramento. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Weed | - | A stationary thunderstorm dropped heavy rain and quarter size hail on the town of Weed. |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Weed | - | Heavy rain resulted in a 4 foot wall of water descending down a canyon within a burn area. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Weed | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Weed | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Mayhill | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Maxon | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Hortonville | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Avis | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Crisp | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Chippeway Park | 12.4 miles | 11 | |
| Wimsatt | 12.6 miles | 11 |
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 Weed | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7979323 | 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 912202. 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.





