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Anthony, New Mexico

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Anthony census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88021. It stands on Anthony Wash. The Survey maps it on the Anthony quadrangle. 8,693 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,802 feet above sea level.

Anthony within Doña Ana County

Population over time

2 figures

Anthony fell from 9,360 to 8,693 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20109,360
20208,693-667 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

1 photograph, 2021

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.

Anthony Pennock and Shan Nichols's 2008 mosaic mural, "El Rio Grande de Norte, Onate's Proclamation, 1598" is one of three adjacent art installations in Johnson Park, near City Hall and the Thomas Branigan Memorial Library in Las Cruces, the hub city of southern New Mexico
Anthony Pennock and Shan Nichols's 2008 mosaic mural, "El Rio Grande de Norte, Onate's Proclamation, 1598" is one of three adjacent art installations in Johnson Park, near City Hall and the Thomas Branigan Memorial Library in Las Cruces, the hub city of southern New Mexico
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

7 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Anthony between 1992 and 2019, burning about 10 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
3 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Division404
2 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCCT
28 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOACH FIRE
15 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWET AND WILD
1 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMEDIAN
16 December 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.5 acresLas Cruces Field OfficePASS
12 December 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceI-10

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Doña Ana County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Anthony: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Geothermal, Stone. 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
Berino WellGeothermalUnknown
Materials Pit #1StoneUnknown
Unnamed QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerEvaporite, Marine
Unnamed QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerEvaporite, Marine
Materials Pit 57-91-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit 57-92-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
Unnamed Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand and Gravel
Unnamed Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
Unnamed Sand and Gravel ProspectSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel

Storms near this place

17 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anthony in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 7 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2004HailAnthony$2,000,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAnthony$25,000Two outflows from nearby thunderstorms collided over the Chaparral area which created a gustnado as well as straight-line wind damage. There was a complete collapse of a well built outbuilding/garage. The roof separated from the walls allowing the wind to get inside and under the roof structure. The roof debris scattered towards the west and northwest and was displaced approximately 50 yards from the foundation. The walls collapsed afterwards with all of the walls falling in a southward direction. Metal fencing attached to a rock wall was ripped off. An RV camper rolled on it's side and was damaged by flying debris. There was a metal shed that collapsed as winds lifted the roof from the structure. Finally, an outdoor shed was completely destroyed with debris scattered up to 100 yards towards the northwest.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindAnthony$20,000Thunderstorm winds blew off a 190 foot long horse barn roof.
July 2008Flash FloodAnthony$20,000The remnants of Dolly brought 2.5 to 3.5 inches of rain to southern Dona Ana County. Water was knee deep in Chaparral, and Highway 28 was flooded south of La Union.
July 2007Flash FloodAnthony$20,000Up to 30 homes were flooded in Anthony. Sandbags were requested for this area as well as nearby Mesquite (just to the north).
September 2009Flash FloodAnthony$10,000Heavy rain led to the flooding of yards in Anthony, New Mexico.
July 2008Flash FloodAnthony$10,000A Skywarn Spotter reported 3 inches of rain within an hour in Chaparral, and the surrounding neighborhood was flooded.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindAnthony$2,000A trailer on Paloma Blanca in Chaparral had it's roof removed. Report via Twitter.
September 2013Flash FloodAnthony-Flooding was reported throughout the cities of Anthony and La Union. CoCoRaHS observations had between 2 to 3 inches of rain having fallen in the area through the morning into the early afternoon. The driest of arroyos were running full at the peak of the event. An earthen dam was breached causing significant flooding of homes and streets in La Union.
September 2009HailAnthony-Nickel to quarter size hail feel for 10 minutes, along with an inch of rain in 30 minutes.
July 2005Flash FloodAnthony-Major street flooding occurred from north of Anthony NM into northwestern El Paso County. Numerous stalled cars were observed from Interstate 10.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindAnthony-Winds estimated at 65 mph reduced visibilities to 500 feet in blowing sand in Chaparral.
October 2000Flash FloodAnthony-A slow-moving line of thunderstorms dropped heavy rain on southern Dona Ana County, resulting in significant street flooding in Anthony.
May 2012HailAnthony-no account filed
September 2011Thunderstorm WindAnthony-no account filed
May 2004HailAnthony-no account filed
July 1996FloodAnthony-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Doña Ana 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
Hacienda Acres1.5 miles15
El Ojito3.8 miles15
Berino4.7 miles15
La Union4.7 miles15
Chamberino4.9 miles15
La Union Vieja5.5 miles15
Vado8.0 miles15
La Mesa9.8 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.

Wikipedia article on AnthonyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2056427The 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 920558. 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.