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Shaded-relief map of Las Nutrias, New Mexico: rivers, roads, the city limits and where the water drains.
NEW MEXICO · SOCORRO COUNTY

Las Nutrias

119 people, 4,760 ft above sea level in Socorro County.

4,760 ftElevation, city center
119People, 2024 estimate
1 sq miLand area
Sunny 54°
Sunny now Dew point 37° · NW 15 mph · high 55°
City of Las Nutrias River Interstate 2 miles
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The Las Nutrias plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Las Nutrias

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 3:00 PM MST
RIGHT NOW Belen Regional Airport (KBRG) · 3:55 PM
Sunny
54° Sunny Feels like 54° · high of 55° near 4 PM
WindNW 15 mphno gusts
Humidity54%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure29.94 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 37° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Showers
Tuesday30% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 70.13 in · 7 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Socorro County
NWS Albuquerque and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 4:16 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:39 AM5:03 PM ↓
10 h 23 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
38
GOODAir quality index · ozone
Tomorrow: None, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 34 to 41° ↑ Humid air returns More humid: 45° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
55° 34°
20% rain — WNW 13 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
57° 33°
0% rain — NNW 4 B
MON Nov. 16 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
58° 35°
0% rain — S 5 B
TUE Nov. 17 Chance of showers Chance of showers
59° 39°
30% rain — S 21, gusts 40 B
WED Nov. 18 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
59° 32°
0% rain — ENE 3 C
THU Nov. 19 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
61° 38°
0% rain — S 14, gusts 32 B
FRI Nov. 20 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
61° 32°
20% rain — W 21, gusts 38 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Las Nutrias about 5,000 feet above the ground was over Texas three days ago, about 390 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. Near the ground the air came from the southern Rockies; at 10,000 feet, from the central Plains. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Las Nutrias stands on

Las Nutrias’s center stands about 4,760 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 4,730 ft to 4,960 ft, a difference of 230 ft: rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Whiteface Mountain, about 7,460 ft, 13 miles east-southeast.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Alluvium (unconsolidated), from the Pleistocene to Holocene, less than 0.1 million years old.

The section below crosses 4 rock units mapped at the surface.

Las Nutrias, cut in half from northwest to southeast

A section northwest to southeast, 24 miles through the town center
4,750 ft5,000 ft5,250 ft5,500 ft LAS NUTRIAS4,760 ftRio Puercoabout 4,800 ftRio Grandeabout 4,750 ftHigh point of the line5,560 ft ← NWSE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 24×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Upper Santa Fe Group

Conglomerate-sandstone, coarse-detrital, fine-detrital. Age: Late Miocene to Pleistocene, 0.1 to 7.2 million years old. About 8 mi of the line.

Piedmont alluvial deposits

Unconsolidated. Age: Pleistocene to Holocene, less than 2.6 million years old. About 8 mi of the line.

Alluvium

Unconsolidated. Age: Pleistocene to Holocene, less than 0.1 million years old. About 6 mi of the line.

Older alluvial deposits of upland plains and piedmont areas, and calcic soils and eolian cover sediments of High Plains region

Unconsolidated. Age: Pleistocene, 0.1 to 2.6 million years old. About 2 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Las Nutrias’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Las Nutrias reaches the Gulf of America by way of the Rio Grande: about 1,500 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Las Nutrias≈ 1,500 mi · the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF LAS NUTRIAS ≈ 1,500 mi to the Gulf of America Rio Grande

Lakes on the way: Paz Ramirez Lake, Amistad Reservoir, Elephant Butte Reservoir and Caballo Reservoir.

760 miles of the trip are on the Rio Grande.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Las Nutrias; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Las Nutrias on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Los Lunas NM · 23 MI 23 miles north South Valley NM · 38 MI 38 miles north Albuquerque NM · 44 MI 44 miles north Rio Rancho NM · 56 MI 56 miles north Santa Fe NM · 94 MI 94 miles northeast Las Cruces NM · 148 MI 148 miles south
FORECASTCITY
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NEW MEXICO · SOCORRO

Las Nutrias

119 people, 4,760 ft above sea level in Socorro County.

4,760 ftElevation
119People
1 sq miLand
Sunny 54°
SunnyDew point 37°
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Today in Las Nutrias

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy day 55° 17%
7p partly cloudy night 45° 10%
10p mostly clear night 41° 1%
1a clear night 38° 0%
4a mostly clear night 35° 0%
7a mostly sunny 34° 0%
Showers
NEXT RAINTuesday · 30%
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Las Nutrias stands on

Las Nutrias’s center stands about 4,760 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 4,730 ft to 4,960 ft, a difference of 230 ft: rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Whiteface Mountain, about 7,460 ft, 13 miles east-southeast.

Las Nutrias, northwest to southeast Las Nutrias4,760 ftRio Puercoabout 4,800 ftRio Grandeabout 4,750 ft ← NWSE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 45×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center4,760 ft
Within 3 miles4,730 to 4,960 ft
Lie of the landRolling (230 ft of relief)
High point nearbyWhiteface Mountain, 7,460 ft, 13 mi east-southeast
Rock at the surfaceAlluvium
Its agePleistocene to Holocene, less than 0.1 million years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 1,500 mito the Gulf of AmericaRio Grande

A raindrop that lands in Las Nutrias reaches the Gulf of America by way of the Rio Grande: about 1,500 river miles.

Lakes on the way: Paz Ramirez Lake, Amistad Reservoir, Elephant Butte Reservoir and Caballo Reservoir.

760 miles of the trip are on the Rio Grande.