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Mayhill, New Mexico

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Southeast Otero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88339. It lies near James Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Mayhill quadrangle. 96 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,581 feet above sea level.

Mayhill within Otero County

On record in Mayhill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Mayhill grew from 75 to 96 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
201075
202096+21 (+28%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Mayhill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32,147 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 4 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
Natural29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
8 July 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLincoln National ForestFERGUSON
6 July 2008Naturalunder an acreLincoln National ForestZUES
6 July 2001Naturalunder an acreLincoln National ForestLONG
31 July 1994Naturalunder an acreLincoln National Forestnot named
24 July 2003Naturalunder an acreLincoln National ForestGRAVEYARD
21 July 2020Naturalunder an acreLincoln National ForestDOLLINS
16 July 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreLincoln National ForestBARN DOOR
14 July 2018Naturalunder an acreLincoln National ForestFLATS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otero County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mayhill: 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone. 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
State Hwy Pit No. 59-37-SSand and Gravel, Construction, StoneUnknown
State Hwy Pit No. 59-36-SStoneUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Otero County

Storms near this place

12 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mayhill in 12 storm reports between 2003 and 2021: 6 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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
August 2006Flash FloodMayhill$300,000A stationary thunderstorm dropped several inches of rain on Mayhill, with some residents and area ranchers reporting up to 5 inches in an hour. This resulted in a wall of water 9 to 10 feet high down the Rio Penasco River. Extensive flash flooding closed Highway 82, and damaged roads, bridges and homes.
July 2008Flash FloodMayhill$20,000Upslope conditions within a tropical air mass resulted in 6 to 10 inches of rainfall within 6 hours. The area is remote, so the only effects were a ranch under water (according to the rancher) and a couple of highways flooded. Dark Ridge Observatory near Weed reported more than 6 inches of rain from the event.
July 2021Flash FloodMayhill-Highway 130 south of Mayhill was closed due to flooding crossing the roadway.
July 2021Heavy RainMayhill-An inch and a half to 2 inches of rain fell just west of Mayhill which caused some mud to come across Highway 82.
August 2021Flash FloodMayhill-The Rio Penasco River came out of it's banks from just east of Mayhill into Chaves County with widespread flooding across the area.
May 2010HailMayhill-Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported in Sixteen Springs Canyon.
July 2009HailMayhill-Nickel and quarter size hail fell near the junction of US 82 and NM 130 in the vicinity of Mayhill.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindMayhill-Trees and large limbs were blown down in the Mayhill area. Also, 1.25 inches of rain fell within 15 minutes.
June 2020HailMayhill-no account filed
June 2020HailMayhill-no account filed
June 2019HailMayhill-no account filed
May 2003HailMayhill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Otero 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
Hortonville3.4 miles11
Weed6.4 miles11
Sacramento8.0 miles11
Wimsatt9.9 miles11
Chippeway Park12.1 miles11
Maxon12.4 miles11
Avis13.1 miles8
Crisp13.5 miles8

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 MayhillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6797287The 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 920644. 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.