Roundtop, New Mexico
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Mountainair-Encino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87036. It lies near Round Top. The Survey maps it on the Round Top quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Round Top quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Roundtop (historical) between 2000 and 2019, burning about 335 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BILLY |
| 17 July 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 13 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 13 July 2005 | Natural | 1.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 28 June 2011 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ROUND TOP |
| 28 June 2011 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | KING |
| 24 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 330 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 21 May 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | NICK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Roundtop (historical): 5 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Potassium, Mercury, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambrosia Lake Mine | Uranium, Molybdenum | Producer | ||
| Continental Mine | Zinc, Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Milan Mine | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Questa Mine | Molybdenum | Producer | ||
| Taos Mountain Pass | Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar | |
| Ker Mcgee Mine | Potassium | Producer | ||
| Mississippi Chemical Mine | Potassium | Past Producer | ||
| National Potash Mine | Potassium | Past Producer | ||
| Potash Co. Mine | Potassium | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broncho | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Mountainair | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Willard | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Deer Canyon | 9.9 miles | 8 | |
| Silio | 11.3 miles | 6 | |
| Progresso | 11.9 miles | 7 | |
| Punta de Agua | 12.0 miles | 11 | |
| Abo | 12.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920750. 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.




