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Montoya, 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 79932. The Survey maps it on the Smeltertown quadrangle.

Montoya within El Paso County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

11 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Montoya between 2012 and 2020, burning about 20 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
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.1 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGARDNER
26 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLA JUNTA
31 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2015-0629
3 May 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAILROAD FIRE
7 April 2014Railroad operations and maintenance6.1 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDONIPHAN
6 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMORRILL
2 April 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMORRILL
19 March 2016Equipment and vehicle use2.8 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGATO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Paso County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Montoya: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Clay, Limestone, General. 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
Courchesne QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Eagle Mine and MillClay, Limestone, GeneralProducer
International Hortense Mill MineClayProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in El Paso County

Storms near this place

25 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montoya in 25 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 13 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMontoya$2,000The broadcast media reported damage to a billboard near Interstate 10 and Redd Road in West El Paso.
August 2025Flash FloodMontoya-Broadcast media reported streets near Redd and Doniphan inundated with water.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMontoya-Tree of unknown size down in the street just south-southeast of Canutillo.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMontoya-Peak gust of 63 mph reported at the South Franklin Peak Mesonet site.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMontoya-Emergency manager reported a tree in the street about 3 miles south-southeast of Canutillo.
July 2021HailMontoya-Report from MPing.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMontoya-A tree was downed and blocking a road just south of Canutillo.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMontoya-Numerous reports of trees down and causing roads to be blocked across west El Paso.
October 2015HailMontoya-Hail started accumulating on the ground.
July 2015Flash FloodMontoya-Flooded streets east of Interstate 10 and south of Trans-Mountains Road. Cars were stalled at the intersection of Resler and Paseo Del Norte. There was also people trapped in a vehicle at Doniphan and Montoya.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMontoya-A peak wind gust of 59 mph was measured in West El Paso associated with outflow from thunderstorm near Chaparral.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindMontoya-A spotter reported at least 70 mph winds near Artcraft and I-10. In addition half inch hail was also reported at same location.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMontoya-Large tree branches down along borderland road between Westside Drive and Doniphan.
August 2010HailMontoya-Penny sized hail was reported just near the intersection of Artcraft Road and Interstate 10.
September 2008Flash FloodMontoya-Several intersections were flooded in west El Paso.
August 2022HailMontoya-no account filed
May 2018HailMontoya-no account filed
May 2018HailMontoya-no account filed
June 2017HailMontoya-no account filed
June 2017HailMontoya-no account filed
July 2015HailMontoya-no account filed
July 2015HailMontoya-no account filed
October 2015HailMontoya-no account filed
October 2015HailMontoya-no account filed
October 2015HailMontoya-no account filed

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
Green Acres Colonia2.0 miles17
Borderland2.4 miles17
Prado Verde Addition Number 1 Colonia3.1 miles17
Prado Verde3.2 miles17
Coronado Hills3.2 miles18
Buena Vista3.6 miles18
Hermosa Vista Addition Colonia3.9 miles17
Canutillo4.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1363066. 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.