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.
Population over time
2 figuresLoco 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 126 | |
| 2020 | 68 | -58 (-46%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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
- 1963 USGS Maljamar quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Loco Hills quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Carlsbad Field Office | BULL |
| 3 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Roswell Field Office | SQUARE LAKE |
| 22 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carlsbad Field Office | LOCO |
| 3 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Carlsbad Field Office | SAGE |
| 27 June 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Carlsbad Field Office | ANDERSON |
| 17 June 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | NAVPIPELINE |
| 17 June 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Roswell Field Office | LOCO |
| 10 May 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Roswell Field Office | JACKSON |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
26 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Hail | Loco Hills | $200,000 | Several homes, vehicles and tractors had their windows broken by the hail. In addition, damage was also done to roofs and siding on homes. |
| October 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loco Hills | $50,000 | A 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 2009 | Hail | Loco Hills | $2,000 | The spotter's car windshield was broken and the hail also dented the vehicle. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loco Hills | - | The post office in Loco Hills, NM estimated winds to be near 70 mph or greater, although no damage was officially reported. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Loco Hills | - | Nickel size hail fell on U.S. Highway 82. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Loco Hills | - | Quarter to lime size hail fell west of Loco Hills. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loco Hills | - | An automated fire weather observing site measured a thunderstorm wind gust to 58 MPH in rural northeastern Eddy County. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Loco Hills | - | Flash flooding was reported at the intersection of Eddy County Road 222 and Highway 82. |
| October 2004 | Flash Flood | Loco 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 2004 | Hail | Loco Hills | - | Dime to nickel size hail accompanied the damaging winds in Loco Hills. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Loco 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 2003 | Flash Flood | Loco Hills | - | Local authorities closed Highway 82 near Loco Hills as flash flooding resulted in high water crossing the highway. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Loco Hills | - | Storm developed in west-central Eddy County along the dryline. Moved to the northeast and dissipated in Lea County. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Loco Hills | - | Cell developed on flank of previous storm. |
| September 1995 | Hail | Loco 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 1995 | Hail | Loco 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 2010 | Hail | Loco Hills | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Loco Hills | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Loco Hills | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Loco Hills | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Loco Hills | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Loco Hills | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loco Hills | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Loco Hills | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Loco Hills | - | no account filed |
| September 1994 | Hail | Loco Hills | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Camp | 14.6 miles | 10 | |
| Riverside | 16.2 miles | 9 | |
| Atoka | 22.1 miles | 8 | |
| Dayton | 22.4 miles | 9 | |
| Artesia | 22.6 miles | 8 | |
| Espuela | 23.0 miles | 8 | |
| Frontier Post | 23.9 miles | 9 | |
| Avalon | 26.1 miles | 11 |
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 Hills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5978251 | 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 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.



