Wilna, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hurley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88045. The Survey maps it on the Gage NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Gage NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lordsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Wilna between 1992 and 2014, burning about 885 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2007 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 9 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM49-10 |
| 20 August 2000 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM52-I10 |
| 7 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM52-10 |
| 11 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | MP 65 |
| 10 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | I-10 MM 58 |
| 8 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | I-10 MM 75 |
| 23 June 1995 | Smoking | 250 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | 49ER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Wilna: 5 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilna in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilna | - | An off-duty NWS employee estimated wind gusts of 60-70 mph 10 miles west of Gage. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Wilna | - | Golf ball sized hail about 3 miles north of Hachita. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Wilna | - | A Cooperative Observer reported 1.12 inches of rain fell quickly in Hachita and caused some street flooding in town. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Wilna | - | A spotter in Hachita reported an inch and a half to 2 inches of rain in 45 minutes which produced street flooding throughout Hachita. A mesonet site near Hachita reported a total of 2.33 inches of rain within 2 hours. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Separ | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Brockman | 14.5 miles | 9 | |
| Vista | 19.9 miles | 14 | |
| Minero | 20.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hachita | 20.4 miles | 15 | |
| Pothook | 21.1 miles | 14 | |
| Gold Hill (historical) | 22.3 miles | 10 | |
| Old Hachita | 22.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899998. 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.




