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.
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
- Houses on Plaza, Romerovillefederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Romero Barn, Romerovillefederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Romeroville Church, Romerovillefederal building survey, 1 photograph
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
70 since 1993Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
| 28 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BLUE-RIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Storms near this place
16 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | Romeroville | - | A spotter in Romeroville observed dime to quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Romeroville | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls reported at the Las Vegas Wildlife Refuge. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Romeroville | - | Photo showed hail drifts as much as 12 inches deep from a storm south of Las Vegas. |
| May 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Romeroville | - | A funnel cloud was spotted near Las Vegas. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Romeroville | - | Nickel to quarter size hail in Romeroville. |
| September 2016 | Hail | Romeroville | - | Hail up to the size of quarters covering the ground at the Giant gas station along Interstate 25. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Romeroville | - | Romeroville. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Romeroville | - | Hail was 2 to 3 inches deep along Interstate 25. Several cars reported off the road. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Romeroville | - | One inch hail accumulated 3-5 inches deep on Highway 84. |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Romeroville | - | Heavy road flooding was reported near Romeroville during a storm that produced about 2 inches of rain in less than an hour. |
| October 2000 | Flash Flood | Romeroville | - | Heavy rain or more than 2 inches produced flooding of numerous low water crossings southwest of Las Vegas. |
| July 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Romeroville | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Romeroville | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Romeroville | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Romeroville | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Romeroville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Manga | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Romero | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Ojita | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Sheridan | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Cedar Hill | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Agua Zarca | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Ojitos Frios | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Santa Ana | 4.0 miles | 15 |
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 Q122561958 | 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 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.






