Field, New Mexico
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1973. It stands in the Melrose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88124. The Survey maps it on the Field quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 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 Clovis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Field quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Field between 1993 and 2012, burning about 5,155 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 | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FIELD II |
| 18 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BOSS |
| 25 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | NASH |
| 2 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SANDQUIEST |
| 1 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GUNNELS |
| 8 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FIELD |
| 27 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WEBER CITY |
| 22 June 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Roswell Field Office | NM383 |
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 Field: 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 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Field in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 4 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 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 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Field | - | Trained spotter documented a brief tornado relayed by the Curry County Emergency Manager. No damage was reported as the tornado was brief and in rural land. Damage rating EF-Unknown. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Field | - | Quarter size hail reported near Forrest, NM. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Field | - | Multiple reports of roads impassable, closed, and underwater from single heavy rain event stretching from north of Melrose to north of Clovis. State Highways 89, 268, 288, 224, 311, and County Roads 1, 16, 19, and multiple dirt roads underwater and impassable. Damages are unknown. |
| June 2016 | Flood | Field | - | State Road 268 closed due to severe flooding from mile marker 0 to 18 north of Melrose. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Field | - | no account filed |
| October 2015 | Hail | Field | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Hail | Field | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weber City | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Melrose | 14.1 miles | 7 | |
| Saint Vrain | 15.2 miles | 8 | |
| Ranchvale | 16.1 miles | 8 | |
| Grier | 17.5 miles | 8 | |
| Grady | 18.7 miles | 6 | |
| Claud | 20.6 miles | 7 | |
| Portair | 20.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898776. 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.


