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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1917 USGS Canutillo quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Canutillo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Strauss quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Strauss quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Strauss quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2014Regional 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/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.1 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GARDNER |
| 19 March 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.8 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GATO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Paso Brick Company Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
25 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Hail | Strauss | $500,000 | Hail 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strauss | $2,000 | A wet microburst produced a wind gust of 68 mph at Santa Teresa High School. At least two trees were blown over. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Strauss | - | Hail up to one inch in diameter was reported near the National Weather Service Office in Santa Teresa. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strauss | - | Measured at National Weather Service Office. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strauss | - | A National Weather Service Employee reported large 12-inch diameter tree limbs down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strauss | - | Recorded at National Weather Service office at Santa Teresa Airport. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strauss | - | Recorded at the National Weather Service office in Santa Teresa. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strauss | - | A 58 mph wind gust was reported at the Santa Teresa Airport. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strauss | - | A wind gust to 73 mph was recorded at the NWS office during a wet microburst. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Strauss | - | 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strauss | - | 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 2014 | Heavy Rain | Strauss | - | A CoCoRaHS Observer reported 3.55 inches of rain between the 16th and early on the 19th. |
| September 2012 | Heavy Rain | Strauss | - | 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 2012 | Hail | Strauss | - | 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 2011 | Tornado (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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strauss | - | A 58 mph gust was recorded at the National Weather Service office in Santa Teresa. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strauss | - | A dry microburst affected the National Weather Service Office in Santa Teresa with a measured gust of 70 mph. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Strauss | - | Arroyos in the Santa Teresa area became full and led to flooding on NM Highway 273. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Strauss | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strauss | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Strauss | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Strauss | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strauss | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strauss | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strauss | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mastodon | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Santa Teresa | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Orange | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lizard | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Vevay | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| La Union Vieja | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| La Union | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Sunland Park | 7.8 miles | 18 |
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.









