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.
Population over time
2 figuresVinton 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,971 | |
| 2020 | 2,684 | +713 (+36%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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 Canutillo quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
- 1995 USGS Canutillo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CCT |
| 4 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.1 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GARDNER |
| 28 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COACH FIRE |
| 26 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LA JUNTA |
| 17 June 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | VINTON |
| 15 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WET AND WILD |
| 1 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MEDIAN |
| 31 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2015-0629 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
8 since 2005Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2017 | Flash Flood | Vinton | $20,000 | Water 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Vinton | - | Doniphan closed due to flooding from Canutillo north to La Tuna to pump water. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Vinton | - | 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 2014 | Flash Flood | Vinton | - | 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Vinton | - | 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Vinton | - | Several homes in Canutillo took on water with sandbags being handed out by the fire department. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Vinton | - | KFOX forwarded on a report of 1 inch hail in Vinton. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Vinton | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuway | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Nuway Addition Colonia | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Vinton Acres Number 1 Colonia | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Westway Number 2 Colonia | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Westway | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Westway Number 4 Colonia | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Westway Number 1 Colonia | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Westway Number 6 Colonia | 1.5 miles | 17 |
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 Vinton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2708888 | The 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.








