La Guna, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the El Paso census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79922. It lies near Crazycat Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Smeltertown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1917 USGS Canutillo quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Canutillo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Smeltertown quadrangle1:24000, 5 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 Smeltertown quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Smeltertown 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 La Guna 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
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of La Guna: 10 producers, 2 plants. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid. 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 Copper Smelter | Copper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid | Plant | ||
| (Facility) El Paso Lead Smelter | Lead, Smelter, Cadmium, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Zinc | Plant | ||
| Eagle Mine and Mill | Clay, Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| El Paso Quarry & Plant | Silica | Producer | ||
| El Paso Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| International Hortense Mill Mine | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Edgar Park Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Vowell Construction Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Courchesne Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| McKelligon Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smeltertown | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Courchesne | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| Mission Hills | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Buena Vista | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Coronado Hills | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| El Paso | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Montoya | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Planeport | 5.3 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1360799. 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.









