Humble City, New Mexico
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1969. It stands in the Hobbs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88240. The Survey maps it on the Humble City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Hobbs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Hobbs quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Humble City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
Fires near this place
96 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Humble City between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,331 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 70 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PLAINFIELD |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ROLLINGMEADO |
| 30 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ALABAMA |
| 20 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RUSSEL ST |
| 28 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | AULD |
| 26 August 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RUNNELS |
| 14 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Capitan District | 20-50460182X |
| 8 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ELLIOT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Humble City: 16 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lea Co. Road Dept Pit Carlile | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Old Tomco Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| State Hwy Pit No 56-107-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| State Hwy Pit No. 70-4-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Thomason Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Un. Grav. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Un. Grav. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Un. Grav. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Un. Grav. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Un. Grav. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
8 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Humble City in 8 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humble City | $500,000 | Damage location estimated from Emergency Manager report. Damage includes approximately 300 cow hutches blown to the northeast, dozens of cattle fatalities, multiple irrigation pivots overturned, and multiple buildings with roof damage. The estimated wind speeds were 110 mph. Property damage cost is a rough estimation. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humble City | $10,000 | A thunderstorm moved across Lea County and produced wind damage. Telephone poles were blown down on Highway 18 between Lovington and Hobbs. The cost of damage is a rough estimate. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humble City | $8,000 | A storm moved across Lea County and produced wind damage northwest of Hobbs. A local storm spotter reported building damage and power lines down near the intersection of Bensing and Lawrence Roads. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate. |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Humble City | - | A thunderstorm moved across Lea County and produced two funnel clouds west of Halfway. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humble City | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humble City | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Humble City | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Humble City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Base City | 2.2 miles | 7 | |
| Knowles | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Hobbs | 7.8 miles | 5 | |
| Arkansas Junction | 9.7 miles | 5 | |
| Monument | 12.0 miles | 5 | |
| Lovington | 12.4 miles | 6 | |
| Nadine | 12.8 miles | 5 | |
| Warren | 13.4 miles | 5 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122567476 | The 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 890257. 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.


