Berrendo, New Mexico

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Northwest Chaves census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88201. The Survey maps it on the Roswell North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Berrendo within Chaves County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1949 USGS Roswell North quadrangle1:24000
1955 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Roswell North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1979 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

83 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Berrendo (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 792 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 were 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	41
Debris and open burning	17
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Natural	5
Arson/incendiarism	4
Smoking	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Fireworks	1
Firearms and explosives use	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
30 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Roswell Field Office	GALLINA
3 September 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.1 acres	Capitan District	20-50610222X
29 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge	SQUIRREL
27 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Roswell Field Office	ISLER
22 August 1994	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Roswell Field Office	SHEPHERD
19 August 1994	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Roswell Field Office	MM339
9 July 1993	Natural	under an acre	Roswell Field Office	DONNA ANNA
6 July 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	BERRENDO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chaves County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Berrendo (historical): 4 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Pecos River Valley	Gemstone	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Roswell	4.0 miles	10
Fairbanks	7.2 miles	9
South Spring Acres	7.7 miles	9
Mountain View	7.8 miles	9
South Spring	8.5 miles	9
Melena	9.1 miles	8
East Grand Plains	9.3 miles	9
Midway	11.6 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920068. 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.