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Datil, New Mexico

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Quemado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87821. It lies near Crosby Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Datil quadrangle. 50 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,400 feet above sea level.

Datil within Catron County

Population over time

2 figures

Datil fell from 54 to 50 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201054
202050-4 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Photographs

2 photographs, 1940

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Dining table in Navajo Lodge, Datil, New Mexico. The center of the table which is raised is mounted on an old wagon wheel hub and revolves with the food before those seated around the table. The wheel above the table in olden days supported a hanging lamp. Now it is fitted with electricity
Dining table in Navajo Lodge, Datil, New Mexico. The center of the table which is raised is mounted on an old wagon wheel hub and revolves with the food before those seated around the table. The wheel above the table in olden days supported a hanging lamp. Now it is fitted with electricity
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Detail of construction of Navajo Lodge, former ranch house. Datil, New Mexico
Detail of construction of Navajo Lodge, former ranch house. Datil, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

14 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Datil between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,275 acres in total. 10 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
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBENTLEY
8 August 2000Natural3.0 acresCibola National ForestHIDDEN
9 July 1992Naturalunder an acreCibola National Forestnot named
8 July 2002Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestHOMESTEAD
8 July 1999Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestDEAD HORSE
28 July 2018Naturalunder an acreSocorro Field OfficeANDERSON
12 July 2003Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestDRAG
9 June 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSWEETEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Catron County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Datil: 4 unknowns, 1 past producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Materials Pit 57-147-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Catron County

Storms near this place

5 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Datil in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2018: 3 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 1999HailDatil$3,000Guests from Eagle Ranch reported hail that dented several cars.
May 2018HailDatil-Nickel size hail in Datil.
May 2018HailDatil-Hail up to the size of pennies a few miles northwest of Datil.
May 2018Funnel CloudDatil-Local media shared imagery of a funnel cloud near Datil on Twitter.
May 2016Funnel CloudDatil-Funnel cloud spotted with weak thunderstorm 5 to 6 miles southeast of Datil.

Every storm recorded in Catron County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Gutierrezville7.3 miles7
Greens Gap16.2 miles11
Pie Town18.7 miles11
Tres Lagunas21.1 miles10
New Horse Springs23.7 miles12
Lehew23.9 miles10
Mangas25.2 miles10
Old Horse Springs25.4 miles12

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 DatilAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1172611The 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 905608. 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.