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Vinton, 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. 2,684 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,796 feet above sea level.

Vinton within El Paso County

Population over time

2 figures

Vinton grew from 1,971 to 2,684 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,971
20202,684+713 (+36%)

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

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Vinton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42 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/undetermined8
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
2 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCCT
4 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.1 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGARDNER
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
17 June 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeVINTON
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
31 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2015-0629

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Paso County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Vinton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Unnamed Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in El Paso County

Storms near this place

8 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vinton in 8 storm reports between 2005 and 2021: 7 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
September 2017Flash FloodVinton$20,000Water was knee deep at the intersection of Doniphan and Talbot making the road impassable. Water entered several businesses in this area including Tamales Lupita. Additional deep flooding was reported at the intersection of Doniphan and Redd Road.
September 2021Flash FloodVinton-Doniphan closed due to flooding from Canutillo north to La Tuna to pump water.
June 2021Flash FloodVinton-Numerous areas of Western El Paso county received flash flooding with numerous roads closed. Some of these areas included Mesa St and Montecillo Blvd, Mesa and Brentwood, Doniphan Rd through Canutillo, Camelia Dr in Westway as well as Executive and Paisano. In addition to these roads, flooding was reported across parts of Interstate 10 with 3 lanes closed near Executive Center.
September 2014Flash FloodVinton-Interstate 10 remained closed until approximately 1am mst. Through the duration of the event, the El Paso Fire Department responded to 135 incidents which included stalled cars, over 50 water rescues, electric hazards and flooding at houses. ||Rainfall totals from the evening of the 17th to the early morning of the 18th included 3.11 inches within an hour in the Eastwood(Album) Park area on the east side.
July 2013Flash FloodVinton-All low water crossings over frontage road which parallels Interstate 10 between Transmountain Road and Vinton were running full with water. Arroyo in Vinton was running full as well.
August 2013Flash FloodVinton-Several homes in Canutillo took on water with sandbags being handed out by the fire department.
April 2012HailVinton-KFOX forwarded on a report of 1 inch hail in Vinton.
July 2005Flash FloodVinton-Major street flooding occurred from north of Anthony NM into northwestern El Paso County, including Anthony TX and Canutillo. Numerous stalled cars were observed from Interstate 10.

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
Nuway1.0 miles17
Nuway Addition Colonia1.1 miles17
Vinton Acres Number 1 Colonia1.1 miles17
Westway Number 2 Colonia1.4 miles17
Westway1.4 miles17
Westway Number 4 Colonia1.5 miles17
Westway Number 1 Colonia1.5 miles17
Westway Number 6 Colonia1.5 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.

Wikipedia article on VintonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2708888The 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 1370660. 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.