BlockAlamo Alto, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the El Paso East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79853. The Survey maps it on the Tornillo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1896 USGS Rio Grande quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Tornillo quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Tornillo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Tornillo quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Tornillo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alamo Alto in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2017: 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Alamo Alto | $50,000 | The circulation from former Hurricane Dolly passed directly over west El Paso. Rainfall amounts ranged from an inch and a half in eastern El Paso County and extreme western Hudspeth County to well over 3 inches in west El Paso. Trans Mountain Road was closed between Interstate 10 and U.S. Highway 54 due to numerous rock slides. Many roads were flooded and several were closed from Fort Hancock to Anthony. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Alamo Alto | - | Dime size hail was reported just northwest of McNary. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Alamo Alto | - | Golf ball size hail reported by trucker on Interstate 10 via Twitter. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Alamo Alto | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tornillo | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Fabens | 9.8 miles | 16 | |
| Sanchez Colonia | 10.4 miles | 16 | |
| Isla | 11.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cuadrilla | 12.9 miles | 16 | |
| East Clint Estates Colonia | 14.4 miles | 16 | |
| Cattleman's North Ranchos Number 2 Colonia | 14.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cattleman's North Ranchos Colonia | 14.7 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Alamo Alto | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122553828 | 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 1377083. 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.
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.