BlockMonticello, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Truth or Consequences West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87939. It lies near Calvario Draw. The Survey maps it on the Monticello quadrangle. It stands 5,256 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Truth or Consequences quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Monticello between 2000 and 2011, burning about 240 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2000 | Natural | 20 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LANGNER |
| 27 July 2011 | Natural | 60 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MONTICELLO 2 |
| 7 June 2000 | Natural | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | COW CHIP |
| 1 June 2002 | Natural | 150 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WINDMILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Monticello: 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tin, Silver, Gold, Copper, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuchillo Tin Deposits | Tin | Occurrence | Cassiterite | |
| Terry Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Terry Prospect 1948 | Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | 1948 | |
| Venus No. 1 | Silver, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Argentite, Cerargyrite |
Storms near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monticello in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 6 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $25,000 | Social media report showed snapped power poles around Monticello as well as a damaged barn. |
| July 2002 | Flash Flood | Monticello | $25,000 | Very heavy rainfall from thunderstorms was measured at almost 6 inches in less than an hour in Monticello, with 4 inches at nearby Placita. A flash flood in Monticello Canyon washed out Highway 142 at the mouth of the canyon. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Monticello | $10,000 | Multiple low water crossings were flooded. Other areas were only accessible to four wheel drive vehicles due to excessive debris. |
| September 2025 | Flash Flood | Monticello | - | Social media video showed evidence of mud flows and damage from flash flooding near the town of Monticello. |
| October 2016 | Flash Flood | Monticello | - | Flash flooding was reported across Highway 142 in Monticello. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Monticello | - | A newspaper report on social media showed flooding across Highway 142 at bridge on Alamosa Creek in Monticello Canyon. The rain fell upstream of the location near the Sierra-Socorro County border. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Monticello | - | Highway 142 was washed out where it crosses Alamosa Creek just outside of Placitas. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Monticello | - | 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.
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 Monticello | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19818342 | 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 908852. 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.