Milnesand, New Mexico
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Dora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88125. The Survey maps it on the Milnesand quadrangle. It stands 4,190 feet above sea level.
On record in Milnesand
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
- Davis Mercantilelisted 2018
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 Brownfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Milnesand quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Milnesand between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,907 acres in total. 8 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 | 15 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TESTON |
| 21 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Natural | 15 acres | Capitan District | KIZER #10 |
| 13 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | EOR |
| 1 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 286 acres | Capitan District | 20-50570218X |
| 19 August 2019 | Natural | 20 acres | Capitan District | 20-50520200X |
| 10 August 2019 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Capitan District | 20-50390175X |
| 7 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PARKINSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Milnesand: 15 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 | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
29 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milnesand in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 17 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milnesand | $3,000,000 | Sixteen foot in diameter water tanks knocked over. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Milnesand | $20,000 | Small short lived tornado reported over the open rangeland southwest of Milnesand. Golfball size hail reported in the village. Damage limited to series of downed power poles and electric lines. |
| October 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milnesand | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Milnesand | - | A trained spotter near the Roosevelt and Lea County line along NM 206 reported ping pong ball sized hail from severe thunderstorm. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Milnesand | - | The fire department near Milnesand reported penny size hail. This produced white out conditions in combination with severe thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milnesand | - | The fire department in Milnesand reported an estimated 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust. The combination of winds and hail produced white out conditions. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Milnesand | - | A trained spotter near Milnesand reported hailstones ranging from the size of nickels to quarters from a severe thunderstorm tracking eastward through the area. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Milnesand | - | Heavy rain mixed with pea to nickel size hail. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Milnesand | - | Numerous reports of elephant trunk tornado on the ground between Milnesand and Lingo. No damage or injuries reported. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milnesand | - | Report of 61mph peak wind gust 4 miles east of Milnesand. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Milnesand | - | Golfball size hail reported in Milnesand with storm moving north over the village. |
| May 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Milnesand | - | The public reported 1/2 inch hail and funnel clouds west of Milnesand. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Milnesand | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milnesand | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Milnesand | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Milnesand | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Milnesand | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Milnesand | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Milnesand | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Heavy Rain | Milnesand | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Milnesand | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Hail | Milnesand | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milnesand | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Milnesand | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Milnesand | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Milnesand | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milnesand | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Milnesand | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Milnesand | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Hill (historical) | 6.5 miles | 6 | |
| Bluit | 8.3 miles | 6 | |
| New Hope (historical) | 9.4 miles | 6 | |
| Richland | 12.9 miles | 5 | |
| Pep | 13.3 miles | 5 | |
| Lingo | 15.6 miles | 5 | |
| Garrison | 15.8 miles | 5 | |
| Causey | 19.8 miles | 6 |
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 Milnesand | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6860239 | 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 898574. 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.



