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Romeroville, 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. The Survey maps it on the Las Vegas quadrangle.

Romeroville within San Miguel County

On record in Romeroville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 3 records

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

70 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Romeroville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,005 acres in total. 29 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
Natural29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
28 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBLUE-RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Romeroville: 6 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
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in San Miguel County

Storms near this place

16 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Romeroville in 16 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 12 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 funnel cloud. 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
May 2025HailRomeroville-A spotter in Romeroville observed dime to quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm.
August 2017HailRomeroville-Hail up to the size of golf balls reported at the Las Vegas Wildlife Refuge.
August 2017HailRomeroville-Photo showed hail drifts as much as 12 inches deep from a storm south of Las Vegas.
May 2017Funnel CloudRomeroville-A funnel cloud was spotted near Las Vegas.
June 2016HailRomeroville-Nickel to quarter size hail in Romeroville.
September 2016HailRomeroville-Hail up to the size of quarters covering the ground at the Giant gas station along Interstate 25.
June 2014HailRomeroville-Romeroville.
May 2010HailRomeroville-Hail was 2 to 3 inches deep along Interstate 25. Several cars reported off the road.
June 2001HailRomeroville-One inch hail accumulated 3-5 inches deep on Highway 84.
June 2000Flash FloodRomeroville-Heavy road flooding was reported near Romeroville during a storm that produced about 2 inches of rain in less than an hour.
October 2000Flash FloodRomeroville-Heavy rain or more than 2 inches produced flooding of numerous low water crossings southwest of Las Vegas.
July 2014Funnel CloudRomeroville-no account filed
July 2004HailRomeroville-no account filed
August 2004HailRomeroville-no account filed
July 2003HailRomeroville-no account filed
May 2001HailRomeroville-no account filed

Every storm 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
La Manga1.4 miles15
Romero1.4 miles14
Ojita1.7 miles14
Sheridan1.9 miles14
Cedar Hill2.3 miles15
Agua Zarca3.1 miles15
Ojitos Frios3.9 miles15
Santa Ana4.0 miles15

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.

Wikidata item Q122561958The 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 902345. 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.