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Gila Hot SpringsNM

A town of 10. Nearly 67.9% of it is conserved land.

Population
10
residents
Land area
2 sq mi

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Small town

10 people, and everyone knows the way

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Outdoors

Nearly a third of Gila Hot Springs is conserved land

0.9 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.

67.9%conserved
Map of Gila Hot Springs: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Green: conserved land · dashed: trails · numbers: the places below
67.9%
conserved · 715 of 1,053 acres
0.9 mi
of trails · 0.6 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Gila Wilderness—255
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →
Natural hazards

Very high risk, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 99% of U.S. communities.

99risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
99Very high riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingWildfire
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Climate

Four seasons, hot summers

Gila Hot Springs has chilly winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 89°, a January night drops to 18°, and about 6 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

6″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter19–56°
Spring31–72°
Summer51–88°
Fall35–73°
Oct 5
typical first frost
May 26
typical last frost
+1.3°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Health

How healthy Gila Hot Springs is

Gila Hot Springs beats the New Mexico average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8.

32 measures vs. New Mexico
14 better10 too close to call8 worse
What stands outGila Hot SpringsNM
Fewer adults facing housing insecurity9.4%16.5%
Fewer uninsured adults9.7%15.6%
More adults who have had cancer13.2%7.4%
Gila Regional Medical Center
27.5 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →

About Gila Hot Springs

Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States

Gila Hot Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Gila Hot Springs had a population of 35. The community is on the northern edge of Grant County, in the valley of the West Fork of the Gila River. It is bordered to the north by Catron County. New Mexico State Road 15 passes through the community, leading northwest 5 miles (8 km) to its terminus at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument and south 40 miles (64 km) to Silver City, the Grant county seat.

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Population
35
Area
1.6 sq mi
Elevation
5,617 ft

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