Winston, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Truth or Consequences West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87943. It stands on Poverty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Winston quadrangle. 47 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,158 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWinston fell from 61 to 47 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 | 61 | |
| 2020 | 47 | -14 (-23%) |
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.
- 1954 USGS Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Winston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Truth or Consequences quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Winston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Winston between 1997 and 2000, burning about 4 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | GULCH |
| 18 July 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | FOUR |
| 23 May 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SCHOOL HOUSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Winston: 12 producers, 5 past producers, 4 prospects, 4 occurrences. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron, Silver, Gold, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Knife | Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Black Knife Group 1880's | Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold | Producer | 1885, 1961 | |
| Covington Group 1880's | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Manganese | Producer | 1885, 1925 | |
| Denver Lode & Little Bonanza | Copper, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Dictator Mine 1880's | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver | Producer | 1885, 1929 | |
| Dictator and Covington | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| St Cloud | Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead | Producer | 1968, 1982 | |
| St. Cloud Mines 1880's | Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | 1885, 1957 | |
| St. Cloud zeolite mine | Zeolites | Producer | Clinoptilolite | |
| U S Treasury | Silver, Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winston in 18 storm reports between 2007 and 2020: 11 flash flood, 6 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 2009 | Flash Flood | Winston | $75,000 | Thunderstorms training over far northwestern Sierra County resulted in rainfall amounts of more than 5 inches. The Sierra County Emergency Manager reported a wall of water 12 feet high moved through the Poverty Creek area. One family was evacuated and an unoccupied trailer was washed away. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Winston | - | Spotter reported water 4 feet deep crossing Highway 52 at the low water crossing in Winston. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Winston | - | Cuchillo Creek overflowed and flooded Highway 52 in Winston. Water was up to 2 feet deep across the highway. |
| November 2016 | Flash Flood | Winston | - | Water and debris were flowing across Highways 52 and 59. Hermosa Road was also closed. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Winston | - | Highway 52 near Winston was closed due to flooding at the low water crossings. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Winston | - | Pea to nickel sized hail accumulated 1 inch deep. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Winston | - | Water from Poverty Creek rapidly rising and crossing Highway 52 with a depth of 2 to 3 feet. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Winston | - | Water crossing highway 52 to a depth of 2.5 feet. Also pea sized hail. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Winston | - | A spotter reported low water crossings along Highway 52 were flowing about 3 to 4 feet deep with a lot of debris. Road north of Winston was impassable. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Winston | - | A spotter near Winston reported almost an inch of rain in less than an hour. Highway 52 was flooded near Winston. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Winston | - | Poverty Creek at Winston running more than a foot deep across Highway 52, road was impassable by cars. |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Winston | - | A slow moving thunderstorm produced .62 inches of rainfall in Winston, NM over a one hour and forty five minute time span. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Winston | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Winston. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Winston | - | The Poverty Creek Fire Chief reported that State Highway 59 was flooded in Poverty Creek. |
| October 2007 | Hail | Winston | - | Nickel & quarter size hail fell in Winston. Some of the hail stones were like dominos. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Winston | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Winston | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Winston | - | 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.
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 Winston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6167990 | 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 912468. 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.





