Greenfield, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dexter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88230. The Survey maps it on the Dexter East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1950 USGS Dexter East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Greenfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 720 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 18 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LINCOLN |
| 4 July 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge | HATCHERY COMPLEX |
| 4 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Southwestern Native Aquatic Resources & Recovery Center | HATCHERY |
| 25 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Roswell Field Office | OJIBWA 2 |
| 15 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ONEMILECURVE |
| 4 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Roswell Field Office | CHISUM |
| 3 April 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RELIEF |
| 2 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Capitan District | WICHITA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Greenfield: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
9 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenfield in 9 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield | $100,000 | A roof was ripped off of a dairy barn and windows were blown out of a nearby house along Ojibwa Road and U.S. Highway 285. Damage amounts are a rough estimate for roof and window damage. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield | $20,000 | Power lines downed from high winds resulted in power outage at the Roswell Correctional Facility between Hagerman and Dexter. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield | $20,000 | A large tree was blown over onto a pick-up truck east of Dexter. |
| October 2004 | Hail | Greenfield | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Greenfield | - | A trained spotter near Greenfield reported nickel size hail from a supercell thunderstorm that tracked eastward through the area. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Greenfield | - | Nickel size hail reported at Ojibwa Road and NM-2. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Greenfield | - | Hail up to two inches in diameter at the intersection of U.S. 285 and NM-559. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield | - | A large tree was blown over onto the roadway near Lake Van east of Dexter. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Greenfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Van | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Dexter | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Hagerman | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Chisum | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Mossman | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Blackdom (historical) | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Midway | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| South Mill | 10.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898786. 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.




