Cebolla, New Mexico
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tierra Amarilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87518. It stands on CaƱada de Bano. The Survey maps it on the Cebolla quadrangle. It stands 7,641 feet above sea level.
On record in Cebolla
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
- Victor Ortega Cabinlisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1918 USGS Tusas quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Cebolla quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chama quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Cebolla quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Cebolla quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Cebolla between 1992 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LUNA |
| 9 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | NUTRIAS |
| 7 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | TERRO CREEK |
| 6 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | BIG SNAG |
| 4 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CEBOLLA COMP |
| 19 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | RITO DEL MEDIO |
| 6 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WEEWEE |
| 3 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SANCHEZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cebolla: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cebolla in 2 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. 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 1996 | Lightning | Cebolla | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Cebolla | - | A trained spotter shared a photo of a funnel cloud that formed along U.S. Highway 84 near Cebolla. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Nutrias | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Canjilon | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Alire | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Placitas | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Tierra Amarilla | 11.7 miles | 12 | |
| La Puente | 12.7 miles | 12 | |
| Ensenada | 13.3 miles | 12 | |
| El Vado | 13.4 miles | 12 |
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 Cebolla | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19460897 | 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 923578. 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.








