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Dilia, 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 87724. The Survey maps it on the Dilia quadrangle.

Dilia within Guadalupe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

Fires near this place

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Dilia between 1994 and 2019, burning about 735 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural4
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
10 September 2009Naturalunder an acreLas Vegas DistrictBONITA
3 June 2011Natural1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionALAMO SLOUGH
28 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined27 acresLas Vegas DistrictPARK SPRINGS FIRE
23 June 2006Natural150 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
3 May 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHA
29 May 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGRASS
26 May 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresLas Vegas District19-40660449X
26 May 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined125 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Guadalupe County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dilia: 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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
Sowell RanchUraniumOccurrence
Herrera PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 78-1-S & 78-27-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Guadalupe County

Storms near this place

19 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dilia in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 16 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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
June 2021HailDilia$2,000Multiple sources in Dilia reported nickel to quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm tracking southward through the area. One resident of Dilia reported that the hail broke their skylight. Damages are estimated for the loss of the skylight.
July 2024HailDilia-A cooperative observer a mile south southeast of Dilia observed quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm.
July 2021Flash FloodDilia-Heavy rainfall caused an arroyo near Dilia to overflow its banks. No damages are known.
May 2015Heavy RainDilia-A whopping 3.75 inches of rain was reported in a 24-hour period by the Dilia COOP observer. No flooding was reported from the heavy rain.
August 2006Flash FloodDilia-Heavy rain of near 4 inches swept down the Canon Blanco into the Pecos River near Dilia which saw flows of 200 CFS jump to over 5000 CFS.
July 2014HailDilia-no account filed
June 2005HailDilia-no account filed
July 2002HailDilia-no account filed
June 2001HailDilia-no account filed
May 1999HailDilia-no account filed
May 1999HailDilia-no account filed
June 1999HailDilia-no account filed
June 1999HailDilia-no account filed
May 1997HailDilia-no account filed
May 1997HailDilia-no account filed
May 1995HailDilia-no account filed
June 1995HailDilia-no account filed
June 1995HailDilia-no account filed
June 1995HailDilia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Guadalupe 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
Upper Dilia1.1 miles13
Llano Del Medio2.5 miles13
Llano Viejo3.3 miles13
Anton Chico4.2 miles13
Upper Anton Chico5.7 miles13
Dahlia12.3 miles13
Colonias12.8 miles14
Vegas Junction15.4 miles6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 918167. 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.