Maljamar, New Mexico
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lovington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88264. The Survey maps it on the Maljamar quadrangle. It stands 4,147 feet above sea level.
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 Hobbs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Hobbs quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Maljamar quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Maljamar quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Maljamar between 1994 and 2012, burning about 11,629 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 | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Carlsbad Field Office | CONOCO |
| 29 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | 82 |
| 29 July 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Roswell Field Office | WHALE |
| 11 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Carlsbad Field Office | SUPEE |
| 9 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Carlsbad Field Office | LOCO 1 |
| 25 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2,576 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | KYLIE SAGE |
| 13 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MALSAMAR |
| 1 June 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Carlsbad Field Office | SANDY GRASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Maljamar: 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Hwy Pit No. 60-66-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maljamar in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 15 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maljamar | $4,000 | A local utility company reported that a power pole was blown down by severe thunderstorm winds north of Maljamar. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Maljamar | $500 | Heavy rain fell across Lea County and produced flash flooding near Maljamar. Highway 82 was closed between mile markers 115 and 153 in Lea County. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Maljamar | - | Golfball sized hail was reported on New Mexico State highway 529. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maljamar | - | Estimated severe thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph were reported at the intersection of U.S. 62/180 and New Mexico highway 176. No damage was reported. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Maljamar | - | This cell was the most intense of a line of cells passing through the area. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Maljamar | - | Reported by SKYWARN Spotters. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Maljamar | - | Reported by SKYWARN Spotters. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Maljamar | - | Reported by a cooperative observer. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Maljamar | - | Cooperative observer report. |
| June 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Maljamar | - | Reported by the sheriff's office. |
| September 1995 | Hail | Maljamar | - | A thunderstorm that formed in Chaves County moved into west-central Lea County moving to the southeast. This storm had several reports of large hail and damaging winds during its life in Southeast New Mexico and the Permian Basin in Texas. While in Lea County penny-size hail was reported 15 miles west of Lovington and later at Monument. 70 mph winds were reported west of Lovington as well. This storm was a classic supercell for much of its life. The storm continued on southeast track across the stateline heading toward Midland. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Maljamar | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Maljamar | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Maljamar | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Maljamar | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Maljamar | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Maljamar | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Maljamar | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Maljamar | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye | 14.1 miles | 5 | |
| Halfway | 21.1 miles | 6 | |
| Lovington | 22.8 miles | 6 | |
| Arkansas Junction | 24.4 miles | 5 | |
| Lea | 26.1 miles | 6 | |
| Hillburn City | 28.5 miles | 7 | |
| Humble City | 29.1 miles | 7 | |
| Air Base City | 30.7 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Maljamar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6743845 | 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 898374. 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.



