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.
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
11 since 2012Regional 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 use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.1 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GARDNER |
| 26 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LA JUNTA |
| 31 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2015-0629 |
| 3 May 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAILROAD FIRE |
| 7 April 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.1 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DONIPHAN |
| 6 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MORRILL |
| 2 April 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MORRILL |
| 19 March 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.8 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GATO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courchesne Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Eagle Mine and Mill | Clay, Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| International Hortense Mill Mine | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
25 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montoya | $2,000 | The broadcast media reported damage to a billboard near Interstate 10 and Redd Road in West El Paso. |
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Montoya | - | Broadcast media reported streets near Redd and Doniphan inundated with water. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montoya | - | Tree of unknown size down in the street just south-southeast of Canutillo. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montoya | - | Peak gust of 63 mph reported at the South Franklin Peak Mesonet site. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montoya | - | Emergency manager reported a tree in the street about 3 miles south-southeast of Canutillo. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Montoya | - | Report from MPing. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montoya | - | A tree was downed and blocking a road just south of Canutillo. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montoya | - | Numerous reports of trees down and causing roads to be blocked across west El Paso. |
| October 2015 | Hail | Montoya | - | Hail started accumulating on the ground. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Montoya | - | 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montoya | - | A peak wind gust of 59 mph was measured in West El Paso associated with outflow from thunderstorm near Chaparral. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montoya | - | 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montoya | - | Large tree branches down along borderland road between Westside Drive and Doniphan. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Montoya | - | Penny sized hail was reported just near the intersection of Artcraft Road and Interstate 10. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Montoya | - | Several intersections were flooded in west El Paso. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Montoya | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Montoya | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Montoya | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Montoya | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Montoya | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Montoya | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Montoya | - | no account filed |
| October 2015 | Hail | Montoya | - | no account filed |
| October 2015 | Hail | Montoya | - | no account filed |
| October 2015 | Hail | Montoya | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Acres Colonia | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Borderland | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Prado Verde Addition Number 1 Colonia | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Prado Verde | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Coronado Hills | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Buena Vista | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Hermosa Vista Addition Colonia | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Canutillo | 4.3 miles | 17 |
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.









