BlockAlfalfa, Texas
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the El Paso census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79915. It lies near Caisson Hill. The Survey maps it on the El Paso quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 21 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 El Paso quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1908 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Fort Bliss quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:31680
- 1945 USGS Fort Bliss quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 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 El Paso quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Alfalfa in 2000, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 January 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Chamizal National Monument | BERMUDA |
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 Alfalfa: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) El Paso Refinery | Copper | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Norte Heights | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Lakeside | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Tigua | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Hacienda Heights | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Cielo Vista | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| San Jose | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Loma Terrace | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Aero Vista | 4.8 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1350977. 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.