Broadview, New Mexico
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1971. It stands in the Broadview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88112. The Survey maps it on the Broadview quadrangle. It stands 4,514 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Broadview quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Broadview between 1995 and 2019, burning about 1,004 acres in total. 2 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | STOUTS |
| 18 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MASON |
| 17 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PEDYGREW |
| 15 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SHELL |
| 1 June 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | STOVALL |
| 26 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 123 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | POOLE |
| 20 May 2000 | Natural | 50 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BALDRIDGE |
| 10 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SPARKY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Broadview: 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 57-16-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
30 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Broadview in 30 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 21 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Hail | Broadview | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Broadview | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced baseball size hail 3 miles north of Broadview. The hail blew out the windows of the observer's truck and house. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broadview | $500 | A large tree, 2.5-3 feet in diameter, was blown down near Broadview. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Broadview | - | A thunderstorm produced up to penny size hail a few miles south of Broadview. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Broadview | - | A trained weather spotter reported quarter size hail one mile south of Broadview. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Broadview | - | There was a public report of golf ball size hail in Broadview. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broadview | - | An off-duty NWS meteorologist storm chasing measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 59 mph. |
| May 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Broadview | - | Multiple reports from storm chasers of a tornado in the area between Grady and Broadview just north of State Highway 209. This tornado only lasted less than two miles before lifting. No damage was reported in this extremely rural area of east-central NM. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Broadview | - | Hail up to the size of pennies reported along NM-209 north of Clovis. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Broadview | - | Hail up to the size of quarters reported near Broadview. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Broadview | - | Hail up to the size of nickels with heavy rainfall just south of Broadview. |
| July 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Broadview | - | A well developed landspout tornado touched down near SR-209 and C.R. 32 and remained on the ground for 15 minutes. No damage occurred. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broadview | - | Spotter reported broken glass and a large tree knocked over from winds and half inch size hail. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Broadview | - | Marble to ping pong ball size hail for about 10 minutes 10 miles south of Grady. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Broadview | - | Nickel size hail reported 2 miles north of Broadview. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Broadview | - | Penny size hail reported 1 mile south of Broadview. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Broadview | - | Quarter size hail reported 7 miles south of Broadview. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broadview | - | The Broadview Fire Department estimated a 60 mph wind gust. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Broadview | - | Golf ball-size hail in Portales broke some windshields in cars and windows in a few homes. The larger baseball hail was over open country. These reports came from TV station spotters. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Broadview | - | Dime-size hail reported by a storm spotter. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Broadview | - | no account filed |
| October 2015 | Hail | Broadview | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Broadview | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Broadview | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Broadview | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broadview | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Broadview | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Broadview | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Broadview | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Broadview | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grady | 5.5 miles | 6 | |
| Bellview | 5.6 miles | 6 | |
| Hollene | 7.1 miles | 6 | |
| Claud | 15.7 miles | 7 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 21.9 miles | 7 | |
| Field | 22.8 miles | 6 | |
| Ranchvale | 23.2 miles | 8 | |
| Weber City | 25.8 miles | 7 |
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 Broadview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17512192 | 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 886744. 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.


