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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1889 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
78 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 33 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BARNETT |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge | RANGE UNIT 7 |
| 29 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | OWL |
| 28 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BLUE RIDGE |
| 14 August 2012 | Natural | 1.3 acres | Las Vegas District | ALAMITO |
| 6 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | 337 |
| 4 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | INDEPENDENCE |
| 29 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GALLEGOS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquez Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romeroville | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| La Manga | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Ojita | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Sheridan | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Agua Zarca | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Cedar Hill | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Las Vegas | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| East Las Vegas (historical) | 4.4 miles | 14 |
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.






