Mondel, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Hidalgo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88045. The Survey maps it on the Mondel quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Mondel quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Lordsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Mondel between 1992 and 2009, burning about 60 acres in total. None 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | I-10 |
| 24 May 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | STATE LINE |
| 12 May 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM-4-10 |
| 30 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM25-10 |
| 27 April 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ROAD FORKS |
| 16 April 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | STEINS |
| 24 March 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RR4 |
| 11 March 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SHADY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mondel: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two Unnamed Borrow Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
16 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mondel in 16 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mondel | $50,000 | Power was out in Lordsburg area for over 30 hours. The wind created a dust storm with near zero visibility west of Lordsburg near mile marker 6 which caused a 2015 Dodge truck towing a travel trailer to rear end an 18 wheeler which had slowed down due to the conditions. One woman in the Dodge truck was killed and serious injuries were sustained to the driver of the truck. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mondel | - | A NMDOT site on the Lordsburg Playa recorded a peak wind gust of 71 mph. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mondel | - | A Mesonet station on the Lordsburg Playa near mile marker 7 reported a peak gust of 67 mph. Several other stations on the playa reported gusts of 60 to 65 mph. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mondel | - | The Mesonet station at mile marker 12 along Interstate 10 recorded a peak gust of 65 mph. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mondel | - | An NMDOT Mesonet station near mile post 7 on Interstate 10 recorded a peak gust of 68 mph. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mondel | - | An NMDOT site on the Lordsburg Playa recorded a peak gust of 61 mph which created areas of blowing dust reducing visibilities to under a half mile. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mondel | - | A highway department weather sensor recorded a 60 mph gust about 9 miles east-northeast of Road Forks along Interstate 10. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mondel | - | Occurred at mile marker 12 on Interstate 10. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mondel | - | Mile post 7 Mesonet site on Interstate 10. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mondel | - | Mesonet station at mile post 12 on Interstate 10. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mondel | - | Mesonet station at mile marker 11 on Interstate 10. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mondel | - | New Mexico DOT mesonet site located 5 miles northeast of Road Forks. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mondel | - | Recorded at a New Mexico DOT site 6 miles northeast of Road Forks. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mondel | - | Recorded at a New Mexico DOT site located 4 miles northeast of Road Forks. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mondel | - | New Mexico DOT site located west of Lordsburg. Some blowing dust was also reported in the vicinity. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mondel | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steins | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| McGhee Wells | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Gary | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Leitendorf (historical) | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Valedon | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Shakespeare | 10.3 miles | 10 | |
| Cotton City | 12.1 miles | 9 | |
| Lordsburg | 12.5 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122542523 | 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 920651. 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.




