Sherman, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bayard-Santa Rita census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88041. It lies near Gallinas Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Whitehorse Mountain quadrangle. It stands 5,545 feet above sea level.
On record in Sherman
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
- George O. Perrault Houselisted 1988
- San Juan Teacheragelisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Dwyer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Hatch quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Whitehorse Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Sherman between 1993 and 2020, burning about 579 acres in total. 5 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 | 14 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SEPT 6TH |
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Gila National Forest | HOT SPRINGS |
| 3 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LOWER ACLAIN |
| 9 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | YOUNG |
| 5 June 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 27 June 2013 | Other causes | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MIMBRES #1 |
| 24 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RUNT |
| 2 June 2010 | Smoking | 16 acres | Socorro District | LORENZO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sherman: 6 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Perlite, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Zinc. 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 66-50-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Box Well Graben Perlite Deposit | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Mimbres Fault Perlite Deposit No. 1 | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Mimbres Fault Perlite Deposit No. 2 | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Mimbres Fault Perlite Deposit No. 3 | Perlite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sherman in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Flood | Sherman | - | The Mimbres River was out of it's bank causing some areas of New Mexico Highway 61 to be impassable at several low water crossings. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Sherman | - | Gallinas Canyon flowing and flooded at De-La-O Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| San Lorenzo | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Casas Adobes | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Dwyer | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Big Mill | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Mimbres | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Santa Rita (historical) | 10.0 miles | 17 | |
| Turnerville | 11.2 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Sherman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19818361 | 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 899913. 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.




