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La Tuna, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the El Paso Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79821. The Survey maps it on the Canutillo quadrangle.

La Tuna within El Paso County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of La Tuna between 1992 and 2019, burning about 32 acres 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Division404
2 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCCT
28 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOACH FIRE
26 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLA JUNTA
15 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWET AND WILD
1 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMEDIAN
3 May 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAILROAD FIRE
7 April 2014Railroad operations and maintenance6.1 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDONIPHAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Paso County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of La Tuna: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Materials Pit #1StoneUnknown
Unnamed Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerEvaporite, Marine
Unnamed QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerEvaporite, Marine
Materials Pit 57-91-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 57-92-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
Unnamed Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
Unnamed Sand and Gravel ProspectSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in El Paso County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Tuna in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2022HailLa Tuna$150,000Hail up to one inch in diameter fell in Anthony which brought significant roof and vehicle damage to the area.
September 2013Flash FloodLa Tuna-Significant flooding issues were reported across Far Northeast El Paso. Total rainfall amounts were between 3 to 4.5 inches in 6 to 8 hours.

Every storm recorded in El Paso County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
R W Jones Colonia1.2 miles17
Westway Number 7 Colonia1.2 miles17
Westway Number 2 Colonia1.3 miles17
Westway Number 1 Colonia1.4 miles17
Anthony1.5 miles17
Westway Number 3 Colonia1.5 miles17
Westway1.7 miles17
Westway Number 4 Colonia1.7 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122558827The 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 1360805. 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.