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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.

Milnesand within Roosevelt County

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

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

31 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined15
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionTESTON
21 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
15 September 2010Natural15 acresCapitan DistrictKIZER #10
13 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution20 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionEOR
1 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use286 acresCapitan District20-50570218X
19 August 2019Natural20 acresCapitan District20-50520200X
10 August 2019Natural3.0 acresCapitan District20-50390175X
7 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPARKINSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roosevelt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional 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 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
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Roosevelt County

Storms near this place

29 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2008Thunderstorm WindMilnesand$3,000,000Sixteen foot in diameter water tanks knocked over.
March 2007Tornado (EF0)Milnesand$20,000Small 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 2005Thunderstorm WindMilnesand$3,000no account filed
June 2025HailMilnesand-A trained spotter near the Roosevelt and Lea County line along NM 206 reported ping pong ball sized hail from severe thunderstorm.
July 2023HailMilnesand-The fire department near Milnesand reported penny size hail. This produced white out conditions in combination with severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMilnesand-The fire department in Milnesand reported an estimated 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust. The combination of winds and hail produced white out conditions.
May 2021HailMilnesand-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 2015HailMilnesand-Heavy rain mixed with pea to nickel size hail.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Milnesand-Numerous reports of elephant trunk tornado on the ground between Milnesand and Lingo. No damage or injuries reported.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindMilnesand-Report of 61mph peak wind gust 4 miles east of Milnesand.
March 2007HailMilnesand-Golfball size hail reported in Milnesand with storm moving north over the village.
May 1998Funnel CloudMilnesand-The public reported 1/2 inch hail and funnel clouds west of Milnesand.
May 2008HailMilnesand-no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindMilnesand-no account filed
August 2008HailMilnesand-no account filed
March 2007HailMilnesand-no account filed
March 2007HailMilnesand-no account filed
June 2007HailMilnesand-no account filed
July 2005HailMilnesand-no account filed
August 2005Heavy RainMilnesand-no account filed
April 2004HailMilnesand-no account filed
September 2004HailMilnesand-no account filed
September 2004Thunderstorm WindMilnesand-no account filed
April 1997HailMilnesand-no account filed
April 1997HailMilnesand-no account filed
April 1997HailMilnesand-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMilnesand-no account filed
June 1996HailMilnesand-no account filed
June 1996Tornado (F0)Milnesand-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Roosevelt 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
Eagle Hill (historical)6.5 miles6
Bluit8.3 miles6
New Hope (historical)9.4 miles6
Richland12.9 miles5
Pep13.3 miles5
Lingo15.6 miles5
Garrison15.8 miles5
Causey19.8 miles6

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 MilnesandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6860239The 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.