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Hill, New Mexico

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Doña Ana-Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88007. It lies near Cleofas Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Dona Ana quadrangle.

Hill within Doña Ana County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Hill between 1992 and 2013, burning about 182 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural4
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
27 July 1994Natural10 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeRIBLADOS
2 June 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeDONA ANA
15 June 1994Smokingunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeMM 12
15 June 1994Smoking1.0 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeDONA ANA
9 May 1992Natural12 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeLOOKOUT PK
3 May 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeDONA ANA 1
3 May 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeDONA ANA 2
12 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Doña Ana County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Hill: 9 occurrences, 7 producers, 5 past producers, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Silver. 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
Foster CanyonZeolitesOccurrenceClinoptilolite
Hill PitStoneProducerSedimentary
Wager Canyon ProspectsGold, SilverOccurrenceGold, Silver
Materials Pit 58-34-SStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Materials Pit 65-5-SStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceLimestone
Unnamed Rhyolite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerRhyolite
GillilandManganeseOccurrence
Gilliland ClaimsManganeseOccurrencePyrolusite, Wad
Last Chance GroupManganeseOccurrenceVein

Storms near this place

4 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hill in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2019: 2 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2014Flash FloodHill$30,000Over an inch of rain fell quickly in Hill, NM which caused the closing of Dona Ana Road which was underwater. Several houses had water in them, plus damage to trucks and a horse trailer were also reported. Water made it into the basement of the historic St. Mary's at Hill Anglican Church. One resident said that the water was higher than any other time in the 50 years he lived there.
August 2017Flash FloodHill-Mud and debris covering Interstate 25 near mile marker 9 causing closure for a couple of hours. One car swept off road. Many roads in Dona Ana flooded and a retention dam in area was close to overflowing.
April 2019HailHill-no account filed
November 2016HailHill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Doña Ana 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
Leasburg2.4 miles16
Doña Ana3.4 miles15
Fort Selden5.0 miles16
San Ysidro5.7 miles15
Radium Springs6.4 miles12
Picacho7.1 miles15
Picacho Hills7.9 miles15
Fairacres8.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899673. 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.