Mountain View, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Roswell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88203. The Survey maps it on the Roswell South quadrangle. It stands 3,629 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1949 USGS Roswell South quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Roswell South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Roswell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Mountain View between 1992 and 2020, burning about 620 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge | SQUIRREL |
| 1 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DARBY |
| 5 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BRASHER |
| 4 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MIDWAY |
| 26 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RONDO |
| 1 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MONKSDALE |
| 16 June 2010 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Carlsbad Field Office | CHARLIE |
| 13 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Capitan District | INDEPENDENCE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Mountain View: 5 producers, 3 past producers, 3 unknowns. 5 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasher Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Chaves County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | 1991 | |
| Chaves County Road Dept. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | 1992 | |
| Chaves Cty,Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| City of Roswell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Soil | |
| Crusher Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Roswell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Roswell Ready Mix Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel, Sand |
Storms near this place
3 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain View in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Mountain View | $250,000 | Two to four inches of rainfall in the Roswell area caused flash flooding on roadways and low water crossings. A high water rescue had to be performed at Washington and Jaffa Road in Roswell, but no injuries were reported. The extent of the damages are unknown and are roughly estimated for the unknown amount of businesses and vehicles inundated with flood waters. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Mountain View | - | Multiple spotters in Roswell reported one inch hail from a severe thunderstorm moving northeast through the area. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain View | - | A trained spotter measured a 63 mph wind gust from strong outflow winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Spring Acres | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Fairbanks | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| South Spring | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Roswell | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| East Grand Plains | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Midway | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Chisum | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Berrendo (historical) | 7.8 miles | 10 |
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 Mountain View | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14706071 | 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 899807. 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.





