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Loco Hills, New Mexico

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Loco Hills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88210. The Survey maps it on the Loco Hills quadrangle. 68 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,652 feet above sea level.

Loco Hills within Eddy County

Population over time

2 figures

Loco Hills fell from 126 to 68 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
2010126
202068-58 (-46%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Loco Hills between 1992 and 2016, burning about 45 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

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
15 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCarlsbad Field OfficeBULL
3 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRoswell Field OfficeSQUARE LAKE
22 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarlsbad Field OfficeLOCO
3 June 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCarlsbad Field OfficeSAGE
27 June 2016Naturalunder an acreCarlsbad Field OfficeANDERSON
17 June 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionNAVPIPELINE
17 June 1997Natural1.0 acresRoswell Field OfficeLOCO
10 May 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresRoswell Field OfficeJACKSON

Every fire recorded in Eddy County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Loco Hills: 36 unknowns. 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 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Eddy County

Storms near this place

26 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loco Hills in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2010: 19 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. 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 2010HailLoco Hills$200,000Several homes, vehicles and tractors had their windows broken by the hail. In addition, damage was also done to roofs and siding on homes.
October 2004Thunderstorm WindLoco Hills$50,000A utility pole was blown onto a pickup truck by severe thunderstorm winds in Loco Hills. In addition, minor roof damage to several structures and broken tree limbs up to four inches in diameter also were reported.
July 2009HailLoco Hills$2,000The spotter's car windshield was broken and the hail also dented the vehicle.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindLoco Hills-The post office in Loco Hills, NM estimated winds to be near 70 mph or greater, although no damage was officially reported.
March 2007HailLoco Hills-Nickel size hail fell on U.S. Highway 82.
March 2007HailLoco Hills-Quarter to lime size hail fell west of Loco Hills.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindLoco Hills-An automated fire weather observing site measured a thunderstorm wind gust to 58 MPH in rural northeastern Eddy County.
July 2005Flash FloodLoco Hills-Flash flooding was reported at the intersection of Eddy County Road 222 and Highway 82.
October 2004Flash FloodLoco Hills-Storm spotters reported flash flooding near Loco Hills. Flowing water covered several secondary roadways. Road graders were used to clear debris after the water receded.
October 2004HailLoco Hills-Dime to nickel size hail accompanied the damaging winds in Loco Hills.
March 2003HailLoco Hills-A resident traveling on U.S. Highway 82 between Loco Hills and the intersection of State Route 360 reported two inches of hail covering the roadway.
July 2003Flash FloodLoco Hills-Local authorities closed Highway 82 near Loco Hills as flash flooding resulted in high water crossing the highway.
June 1999HailLoco Hills-Storm developed in west-central Eddy County along the dryline. Moved to the northeast and dissipated in Lea County.
June 1999HailLoco Hills-Cell developed on flank of previous storm.
September 1995HailLoco Hills-Two severe thunderstorms crossed over the northeastern part of the county about five hours apart dropping penny to nickel-size hail. The first report was along Square Lake Road, while the second was at the intersection of U.S. Highway 82 and State Highway 529.
September 1995HailLoco Hills-Two severe thunderstorms crossed over the northeastern part of the county about five hours apart dropping penny to nickel-size hail. The first report was along Square Lake Road, while the second was at the intersection of U.S. Highway 82 and State Highway 529.
May 2010HailLoco Hills-no account filed
June 2010HailLoco Hills-no account filed
June 2010HailLoco Hills-no account filed
May 1999HailLoco Hills-no account filed
June 1999HailLoco Hills-no account filed
June 1999HailLoco Hills-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindLoco Hills-no account filed
March 1998HailLoco Hills-no account filed
August 1996HailLoco Hills-no account filed
September 1994HailLoco Hills-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Eddy 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
Illinois Camp14.6 miles10
Riverside16.2 miles9
Atoka22.1 miles8
Dayton22.4 miles9
Artesia22.6 miles8
Espuela23.0 miles8
Frontier Post23.9 miles9
Avalon26.1 miles11

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 Loco HillsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5978251The 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 891248. 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.