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Strauss, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the South Doña Ana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88008. The Survey maps it on the Strauss quadrangle.

Strauss within Doña Ana County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

2 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Strauss between 2014 and 2016, burning about 7 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/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.1 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGARDNER
19 March 2016Equipment and vehicle use2.8 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGATO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Doña Ana County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Strauss: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
El Paso Brick Company Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary

Storms near this place

25 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Strauss in 25 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. 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
April 2022HailStrauss$500,000Hail up to golf ball size fell in Santa Teresa up toward La Union. Several houses around the intersection of McNutt and the Dominici Highway sustained destroyed roofs and numerous vehicles had significant hail damage including at the local NWS office.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindStrauss$2,000A wet microburst produced a wind gust of 68 mph at Santa Teresa High School. At least two trees were blown over.
September 2025HailStrauss-Hail up to one inch in diameter was reported near the National Weather Service Office in Santa Teresa.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindStrauss-Measured at National Weather Service Office.
September 2020Thunderstorm WindStrauss-A National Weather Service Employee reported large 12-inch diameter tree limbs down.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindStrauss-Recorded at National Weather Service office at Santa Teresa Airport.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindStrauss-Recorded at the National Weather Service office in Santa Teresa.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindStrauss-A 58 mph wind gust was reported at the Santa Teresa Airport.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindStrauss-A wind gust to 73 mph was recorded at the NWS office during a wet microburst.
August 2014Heavy RainStrauss-A total of 1.55 inches of rain fell in Santa Teresa with most of the rain falling in 20 minutes. Small hail was also reported. Street flooding was reported with water over the curb.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindStrauss-Several gusts to near 60 knots occurred at the NWS Office in Santa Teresa with a peak gust of 69 mph. Visibility was also reduced to near zero in blowing dust.
September 2014Heavy RainStrauss-A CoCoRaHS Observer reported 3.55 inches of rain between the 16th and early on the 19th.
September 2012Heavy RainStrauss-An off duty NWS employee reported a total of 1.23 inches of rain from a slow moving thunderstorm between 10 pm and 11 pm local time. Surrounding COCORAHS sites also reported rainfall totals of between .74 inches and 1.00 inches from the same storm cell.
April 2012HailStrauss-A report from the public indicated 1.25 inch hail fell about 1 mile southeast of the Weather Service Office in Santa Teresa, NM. Quarter size hail was observed at the National Weather Service Office.
July 2011Tornado (EF0)Strauss-National Weather Service Employees saw a landspout tornado about 3 miles west of the office with some dust debris on the ground. The tornado did not strike any structures and remained in the rural desert.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindStrauss-A 58 mph gust was recorded at the National Weather Service office in Santa Teresa.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindStrauss-A dry microburst affected the National Weather Service Office in Santa Teresa with a measured gust of 70 mph.
July 2009Flash FloodStrauss-Arroyos in the Santa Teresa area became full and led to flooding on NM Highway 273.
June 2017HailStrauss-no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindStrauss-no account filed
July 2015HailStrauss-no account filed
July 2015HailStrauss-no account filed
May 2015Thunderstorm WindStrauss-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindStrauss-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindStrauss-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Doña Ana 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
Mastodon2.9 miles14
Santa Teresa3.2 miles14
Orange3.3 miles14
Lizard4.7 miles14
Vevay5.0 miles12
La Union Vieja5.5 miles15
La Union6.3 miles15
Sunland Park7.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920713. 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.