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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Dona Ana quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Dona Ana quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 1994 | Natural | 10 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | RIBLADOS |
| 2 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | DONA ANA |
| 15 June 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | MM 12 |
| 15 June 1994 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | DONA ANA |
| 9 May 1992 | Natural | 12 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | LOOKOUT PK |
| 3 May 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | DONA ANA 1 |
| 3 May 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | DONA ANA 2 |
| 12 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Canyon | Zeolites | Occurrence | Clinoptilolite | |
| Hill Pit | Stone | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Wager Canyon Prospects | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Gold, Silver | |
| Materials Pit 58-34-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 65-5-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | Limestone | |
| Unnamed Rhyolite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Rhyolite | |
| Gilliland | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Gilliland Claims | Manganese | Occurrence | Pyrolusite, Wad | |
| Last Chance Group | Manganese | Occurrence | Vein |
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Hill | $30,000 | Over 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 2017 | Flash Flood | Hill | - | 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 2019 | Hail | Hill | - | no account filed |
| November 2016 | Hail | Hill | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasburg | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Doña Ana | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Fort Selden | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| San Ysidro | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Radium Springs | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Picacho | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Picacho Hills | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Fairacres | 8.5 miles | 15 |
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.








