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Punta de Agua’s story
136 years in pictures
The archive holds 3 maps from 1954 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
- 1890Punta de Agua is settled
Punta de AguaNM
The town was settled in 1890 and has 46 residents today.
Quarai · Photo: en:User:Nationalparks · CC BY-SA 2.5
Is Punta de Agua a good place to live?
Of the 74 New Mexico towns we compare, none has a higher share of households owning their home than Punta de Agua. Quarai is on the National Register of Historic Places. Punta de Agua has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Small town
46 people, and everyone knows the way
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Climate
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Punta de Agua
37″snow a winter
Among 74 New Mexico towns, just 7 have a lower peak summer temperature than Punta de Agua. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 21° and about 37 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
Winter22–46°
Spring36–66°
Summer54–84°
Fall39–66°
Oct 9
typical first frost
May 7
typical last frost
+2.1°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards
The biggest natural risk in Punta de Agua is inland flooding, at a high overall level
64risk score of 100
In Punta de Agua, the risk rating from FEMA is 64 of 100, close to New Mexico’s towns (66 of 100) and above U.S. towns (44 of 100). 70% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by wildfires at 13%.
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingWildfireDrought
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Health
How healthy Punta de Agua is
A fifth of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Punta de Agua, where New Mexico’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 8.1%. The town beats the New Mexico average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. Among adults in the town, 67% had a checkup this year.
| Punta de Agua | Typical New Mexico town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 67% | 69% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 26% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 23% | 14% |
32 measures vs. New Mexico
1 better30 too close to call1 worse
| What stands out | Punta de Agua | NM |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6% | 7.4% |
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 53.6% | 61.4% |
VA New Mexico Healthcare System
35.2 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
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Everything we know about Punta de Agua
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Day to day
Getting set up
Moving to Punta de Agua: who provides what
Punta de Agua is unincorporated, so Torrance County and regional agencies provide most services.
PowerCentral New Mexico El Coop17.4¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterPunta De Agua Mdwca water systemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4
Trash & county servicesTorrance CountyTorrance County provides services here
Register to voteOnlineIn New Mexico you can register online until 28 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 28 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereTorrance County ClerkTorrance County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Dec 2025
ZIP code8703687036 100%Census 2020
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 27, 2026.
After high school
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Punta de Agua; the nearest are
University of New Mexico-Valencia County CampusCommunity college · Public · Los Lunas25.1 mi$1,878 in-state tuitionUniversity of New MexicoUniversity or college · Public · Albuquerque38.2 mi$10,140 in-state tuition
About 0 of every 100 Punta de Agua residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Mexico.
About Punta de Agua
Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States
Punta de Agua is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Torrance County, New Mexico, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Punta de Agua had a population of 68. The CDP is in the western part of the county, 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Mountainair along New Mexico State Road 55, which continues northwest 5 miles (8 km) to Manzano. The Quarai unit of Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument is in the southwest part of the CDP.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 6,716 ft
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