Cameo, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Portales census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88101. The Survey maps it on the Midway quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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
- 1957 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Midway quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
34 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Cameo between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,828 acres in total. 3 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 | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BONNER |
| 7 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 24 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HIDDEN |
| 24 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PRINCE |
| 20 July 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | KENW |
| 10 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | OJO |
| 30 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | CURRY ROAD |
| 26 June 2005 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TOPEKA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Cameo: 4 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwater Draw Diatomaceous Earth Occurrences | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Name Unknown Diatomite Prospect | Diatomite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Daugherty Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
8 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cameo in 8 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 5 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF2) | Cameo | $2,500,000 | Tornado with estimated peak winds of near 120 mph severely damaged the Portales City water well facility on State Road 202 about 5 miles east of Highway 70. The tornado moved north northwest destroying a new dairy before continuing northwest into Curry County. No injuries reported but storm debris briefly trapped a dairy employee. About 190 dairy cows either killed by the event or else sent to immediate slaughter due to injuries. Average width approximately 200 yards. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Cameo | $25,000 | Hail and strong winds knocked siding off of a home, broke house windows and piled up over one foot deep on Route 202, east of U.S. Highway 70. A funnel cloud was also reported to be in the area. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Cameo | - | NM-202 was closed due to dangerous flash flooding. A large area of radar estimated rainfall between 6 and 10 inches occurred in extreme northeastern Roosevelt and extreme southeastern Curry counties. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Cameo | - | Dime to quarter size hail northeast of Portales. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Cameo | - | Relayed by Emergency Manager. Tornado briefly touched down in open rangeland. No damage reported. |
| September 2024 | Hail | Cameo | - | no account filed |
| October 2015 | Hail | Cameo | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Cameo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Portales | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Eiland (historical) | 12.1 miles | 9 | |
| Yerba | 12.3 miles | 8 | |
| Arch | 12.8 miles | 9 | |
| Bethel | 13.9 miles | 8 | |
| Tinsley Crossing | 15.3 miles | 8 | |
| Floyd | 19.6 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898525. 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.



