BlockDahlia, New Mexico
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Dilia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87711. It lies near Cañon de la Luvina. The Survey maps it on the Potrillo Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1890 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Bernal quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Potrillo Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Villanueva quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Dahlia between 1993 and 2018, burning about 226 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SHORT MILE |
| 30 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 17 June 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PACO |
| 10 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ANDREW |
| 31 May 2014 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TECOLOTITO |
| 21 May 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Las Vegas District | TORRES |
| 20 May 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | AURORA |
| 22 March 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MONTE |
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dahlia in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2021: 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Hail | Dahlia | - | A trained spotter near Milagro reported penny to quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm tracking southeastward through the area. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Dahlia | - | Hail up to the size of half dollars reported along Interstate 40 between mile markers 242 and 244. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Dahlia | - | The hail was observed along Interstate 40. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Anton Chico | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Anton Chico | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Llano Viejo | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Llano Del Medio | 10.0 miles | 13 | |
| Upper Dilia | 11.3 miles | 13 | |
| Dilia | 12.3 miles | 13 | |
| Milagro | 12.8 miles | 6 | |
| Vegas Junction | 18.2 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899599. 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.
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.