BlockTunis, New Mexico
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Deming North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88030. The Survey maps it on the Williams Ranch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1899 USGS Deming quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Deming quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Williams Ranch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Deming quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Tunis between 1993 and 2016, burning about 4,250 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DRIVE SHAFT |
| 25 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Gila National Forest | CHIPMUNK |
| 10 July 1993 | Natural | 4,244 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | SHILOH |
| 1 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | JOHNNYS |
| 5 June 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Socorro District | RAILROAD |
| 29 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | I-10 MM 69 |
| 19 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | OLIN |
| 9 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | I-10 MM 78 |
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 Tunis: 13 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauer | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Baker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tunis in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2014: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Hail | Tunis | $10,000 | Half dollar size hail was driven by strong thunderstorm winds and damaged roofs, screens and doors along the 2200 block of Route 418 southwest of Deming. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Tunis | - | Golf ball size hail fell on Interstate 10 west of Deming. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Tunis | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunis | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920721. 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.