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Romero, New Mexico

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Las Vegas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87701. It lies near Box Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Las Vegas quadrangle.

Romero within San Miguel County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

Photographs

3 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Romero Barn, Romeroville, San Miguel County, NM
Romero Barn, Romeroville, San Miguel County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Romeroville Church, Romeroville, San Miguel County, NM
Romeroville Church, Romeroville, San Miguel County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Houses on Plaza, Romeroville, San Miguel County, NM
Houses on Plaza, Romeroville, San Miguel County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

78 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Romero between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,122 acres in total. 30 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/undetermined33
Natural30
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 August 2005Natural2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBARNETT
7 August 2008Naturalunder an acreLas Vegas National Wildlife RefugeRANGE UNIT 7
29 August 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionOWL
28 August 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBLUE RIDGE
14 August 2012Natural1.3 acresLas Vegas DistrictALAMITO
6 July 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Division337
4 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionINDEPENDENCE
29 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGALLEGOS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Romero: 9 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
Marquez PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in San Miguel 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
Romeroville1.4 miles14
La Manga2.8 miles15
Ojita2.8 miles14
Sheridan3.0 miles14
Agua Zarca3.1 miles15
Cedar Hill3.7 miles15
Las Vegas4.0 miles14
East Las Vegas (historical)4.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899879. 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.