Hermanas, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Deming South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88030. It lies near Baker Draw. The Survey maps it on the Hermanas quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 10 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.
- 1917 USGS Hermanas quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Hermanas quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Hermanas quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hermanas quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Hermanas between 1996 and 2006, burning about 43 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | SISTER |
| 10 July 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | WET |
| 21 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | COMPTON |
| 17 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | 63 SOUTH |
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 Hermanas: 4 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gemstone, Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Perlite Prospect | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Baker Egg No. 1 Placer | Gemstone | Producer | Agate | |
| Hermanas Thunder Egg Deposit | Gemstone | Occurrence | Chalcedony, Quartz | |
| Calumet Mine | Copper | Prospect | Vein | |
| Johnson Ranchhouse Sec 28 Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Johnson Ranchhouse Sec 33 Prospect | Copper | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hermanas in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Hermanas | - | NMDOT reported water flowing across Highway 9 about 19 miles west of Columbus. |
| October 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Hermanas | - | A picture was submitted via social media from a weather spotter showing a brief tornado northeast of Hermanas. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hermanas | - | The aerostat balloon site measured a 61 mph wind gust. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Hermanas | - | Staff at Deming Aerostat reported water flowing across Hermanas Road. Over an inch of rain fell in a short period of time at the location according to Doppler Radar. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Hermanas | - | Employees at the Deming Aerostat Site reported penny size hail. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hermanas | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hermanas | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mimbres | 11.0 miles | 11 | |
| Waterloo | 15.3 miles | 17 | |
| Cedar Grove (historical) | 15.6 miles | 9 | |
| Columbus | 16.6 miles | 17 | |
| Border City (historical) | 16.6 miles | 17 | |
| Sunshine | 22.5 miles | 14 | |
| Gage | 27.1 miles | 9 | |
| Tunis | 27.7 miles | 14 |
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 Q122594145 | 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 899669. 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.








