Tonuco, New Mexico
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Hatch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87940. It lies near San Diego Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Selden Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1916 USGS Tonuco quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Tonuco quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS San Diego Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Selden Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS White Sands quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Selden Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Tonuco between 1993 and 2008, burning about 286 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 July 1993 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | RADIUM RR |
| 4 June 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | MOON |
| 29 June 1994 | Natural | 25 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | CEDERVILLE |
| 7 May 1993 | Smoking | 6.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | SELDON |
| 18 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | RIVER |
| 27 February 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | RADIUM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Tonuco: 9 occurrences, 8 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hust | Manganese, Iron | Prospect | ||
| San Diego Mountain Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Vein | |
| San Diego Mountain Travertine Occurrences | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Calcite, Travertine | |
| Tonuco Mine | Barium-Barite, Silica, Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Tonuco Mine | Silica, Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Materials Pit 63-3-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tonuco | Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Tonuco Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1917, 1918, 1928 | |
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Limestone | |
| Hust | Manganese | Past Producer | 1958 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tonuco in 2 storm reports in 2025: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Tonuco | - | Another round of storms in the day brought flash flooding to areas of Highway 185 about 5 miles south-southeast of Rincon with several low water crossings impassable. |
| September 2025 | Flash Flood | Tonuco | - | New Mexico Highway 185 was closed between mile markers 18 and 24 due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angostura | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Rincon | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Radium Springs | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Selden | 8.6 miles | 16 | |
| Rodey | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Hatch | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Placitas | 10.5 miles | 9 | |
| Grama | 10.7 miles | 8 |
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 Q122589750 | 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 899959. 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.







