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Acme, New Mexico

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Northeast Chaves census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88201. The Survey maps it on the Acme quadrangle.

Acme within Chaves County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Acme between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,738 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined30
Natural15
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCapitan District20-50640229N
26 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresBitter Lake National Wildlife RefugeEAST RIVER
12 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCIRCLE
3 August 2016Naturalunder an acreBitter Lake National Wildlife RefugeRIVER
25 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionACME
17 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreBitter Lake National Wildlife RefugeTRASHY
11 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSCHOOL
6 July 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBitter Lake National Wildlife RefugeNORTH PECOS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chaves County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Acme: 15 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Hurford PitLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Beavers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jesse E.Hite PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mc Carty PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Chaves County

Storms near this place

17 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Acme in 17 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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
October 2024Flash FloodAcme$500,000U.S. Highway 285 washed out at mile marker 137 and mile marker 151 due to heavy rainfall from thunderstorms. Additionally, NMDOT closed U.S. Highway 285 from mile marker 135 to 138 due to flash flooding. Flash flooding resulted in vehicles being stuck in several inches of water and multiple areas of the highway becoming impassable. An accident also occurred on the highway about 14 miles north of Roswell due to hydroplaning.
August 2010Flash FloodAcme$75,000Numerous road were closed or impassible in and near Roswell due to the heavy rains and flooding. This includes Poe Street west from Southeast Main as well as Brown Road from Country Club to Pine Lodge. Cars were also reported to have been floating down Highway 285 north of Roswell. Two feet of water ran over the highway between mile markers 136 and 138, leading the road to be closed. A couple of cars ended up in the ditch, with water up to their windshields. Also along Pine Lodge Road near mile marker 59, three to four feet of water ran over the road where it crossed Salt Creek. Cricket Creek as well as Spring and Hondo Rivers were running bank full. Unofficial rainfall reports include near 5 inches near Berrendo Road and North Main, 3.5 inches near the Roswell High School on West Church Street, and 3.0 inches at the 2600 block of South Sunset. Hundreds of homes were without power.
April 2025Tornado (EFU)Acme-Several storm chasers on U.S. Highway 70 and dirt roads around Acme observed up to 3 brief tornado touchdowns. Start and end time and path of tornado is estimated based on storm chaser reports.
April 2025HailAcme-A storm chaser along U.S Highway 70 just southwest of Acme observed tennis ball size hail from a tornadic producing supercell.
October 2024FloodAcme-A forecasted rise in the Pecos River at the ACME gauge just north of U.S. Highway 70 was to 13.2 feet, or to minor flood stage. The rise in the river ended up washing out the river gauge allowing for only an estimated gauge measurement. These floodwaters continued south along the Pecos River and were recorded at the Lake Arthur gauge.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindAcme-Eight Mile Draw station.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindAcme-A CoCoRaHS observer over rural Chaves County reported a peak wind gust up to 60 mph.
May 2017HailAcme-Hail up to the size of half dollars northeast of Roswell.
May 2017HailAcme-Hail up to two inches in diameter along U.S. Highway 70.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Acme-Chaser reported tornado on the ground for 10 minutes. No damage was reported.
September 2014Flash FloodAcme-Water was reported running over Highway 285 at mile marker 137 north of Roswell. The road was closed due to high water and cleared for travel 5 hours later.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindAcme-Combination of possible virga and outflow from severe thunderstorm farther south of the area at Eight Mile Draw RAWS.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindAcme-Eight Mile Draw RAWS recorded this gust in Chaves County.
May 2010HailAcme-Hail fell near Highways 380 and 409.
October 2010Tornado (EF0)Acme-SKYWARN spotters and emergency management officials noted a second tornado while looking north from Highway 246. This tornado began just west of Highway 285 and north of Verbena Road. Peak winds were estimated around 65 mph. No significant damage or injuries were reported.
May 2023HailAcme-no account filed
October 2015HailAcme-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chaves 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
Frazier (historical)0.4 miles8
Melena5.0 miles8
Campbell7.1 miles8
McDermott Wells14.1 miles8
Berrendo (historical)14.1 miles10
Elkins16.1 miles8
Roswell17.1 miles10
Fairbanks18.5 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898616. 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.