BlockDerramadero, New Mexico
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Mountainair-Encino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88321. It lies near Carrizo Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Pinavete Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Fort Sumner quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Sumner quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Pinavete Canyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Vaughn quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Derramadero in 2018, burning about 100 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 February 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Las Vegas District | BLACK BURN |
Storms near this place
5 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Derramadero in 5 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 4 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Derramadero | - | Large accumulations of hail and rainfall overflowed drainages and flooded parts of the interstate and the nearby service roads along I-40 at Bowlins Flying C Ranch. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Derramadero | - | A storm chaser near Milagro reported hail up to golf ball size. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Derramadero | - | Hail accumulated three to four inches along Interstate 40. Five vehicles slid off the highway. One of these vehicles was overturned in the center median. The extent of any injuries was unknown and no further information was available from NMSP or NMDOT. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Derramadero | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls along Interstate 40. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Derramadero | - | Hail up to the size of nickels along Interstate 40 near mile marker 231 accumulated several inches deep. Traffic was impacted for several hours. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palma | 12.5 miles | 6 | |
| North Lucy | 13.2 miles | 6 | |
| Encino | 13.9 miles | 6 | |
| Carnero | 14.3 miles | 6 | |
| Negra | 15.6 miles | 6 | |
| Pedernal | 21.1 miles | 6 | |
| Clines Corners | 21.7 miles | 12 | |
| Dummoor | 23.9 miles | 6 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122569014 | 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 899606. 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.
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.