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Rogers, New Mexico

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Dora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88132. The Survey maps it on the Causey West quadrangle. It stands 4,226 feet above sea level.

Rogers within Roosevelt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Rogers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,252 acres in total. 24 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/undetermined38
Natural24
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCLUTCH
5 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSMITH NO. 2
21 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCLARK
18 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHOWL
17 September 2007Natural5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
9 August 2009Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionFRAZE
8 August 2005Natural6.7 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMASSEY
23 August 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionS RR 15

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roosevelt County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rogers: 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Roosevelt County

Storms near this place

16 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rogers in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 10 hail, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2017Thunderstorm WindRogers$1,400,000Straight line wind gusts estimated up to 85 mph tore the roofs of several buildings three miles south of Portales. Hail and high winds also damaged vehicles in the area.
September 2010Flash FloodRogers$2,000Roads were washed out 6 miles east of Rogers as 3.40 inches of rain fell in 2 hours and 50 minutes. 2.75 inches of rain was also reported 3 miles north-northeast of Causey.
June 2025Tornado (EFU)Rogers-A former NWS Employee reported a tornado east of NM 206 and north of NM 235.
June 2025Tornado (EFU)Rogers-Storm Chasers and broadcast media reported another tornado east of NM 206 and north of NM 235.
May 2023HailRogers-Most hail was pea to nickel size hail, but there were a few up to golf ball size reported as well.
May 2022HailRogers-A member of the public reported golf ball size hail near Rogers.
May 2015HailRogers-Public pictures shared on facebook show the golf ball sized hail that fell near Dora. No reported damage due to the hail.
June 2014HailRogers-Dime to quarter size hail for 12 minutes 6 miles east of Rogers. Hail covered the ground.
June 2013HailRogers-Nickel hail 6 miles east of Rogers.
March 2007Tornado (EF0)Rogers-Small and short lived tornado reported near Rogers. Initial report of house destroyed not confirmed in areal damage survey. No other damage reports.
June 2008HailRogers-no account filed
July 2005HailRogers-no account filed
August 2005Flash FloodRogers-no account filed
June 2003HailRogers-no account filed
May 1999HailRogers-no account filed
June 1996HailRogers-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Roosevelt County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Longs (historical)4.1 miles6
Inez4.7 miles6
Dora6.4 miles6
Causey9.0 miles6
Garrison9.1 miles5
Eiland (historical)9.3 miles9
Arch10.2 miles9
Richland11.2 miles5

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 RogersAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19818356The 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 894127. 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.