Arrey, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Truth or Consequences West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87930. It stands on Nordstrom Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Garfield quadrangle. 296 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,180 feet above sea level.
On record in Arrey
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 1 record
Percha Diversion Damlisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresArrey grew from 232 to 296 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 232 | |
| 2020 | 296 | +64 (+28%) |
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
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Garfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Hatch quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Garfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Arrey between 1995 and 2020, burning about 373 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MILE 61 I-25 S |
| 22 June 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PERCHA |
| 21 June 2015 | Natural | 5.3 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | WAGONEER |
| 20 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Socorro District | JONES HOLE |
| 2 May 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Socorro District | PERCHA |
| 11 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | VIRGINIA |
| 10 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RIVERBRIDGE |
| 10 May 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PERCHA EAST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Arrey: 12 occurrences, 9 past producers, 8 prospects, 6 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese, Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones-Reiland Claims 1940's | Manganese, Tungsten | Occurrence | Psilomelane | |
| Lorraine Group | Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Lyda K Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silica | Past Producer | 1926, 1928 | |
| Manganese Hill Group | Manganese, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1942 | |
| Materials Pit #22 | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Nakaye Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Manganese | Past Producer | 1920, 1952 | |
| Caballo Mountains Mining and Leaching Co. Claims | Copper, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | 1900 | |
| Caballo Mt Mining & Leaching Co | Copper, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Esperanza Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead | Occurrence | Fluorite, Galena | |
| Lyda K Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead | Producer | 1926, 1928, 1943 |
Storms near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arrey in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 4 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arrey | $5,000 | A dry microburst flipped a 35 foot trailer and caused power outages. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arrey | - | Tree limbs were reported down throughout Percha Dam State Park. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Arrey | - | The Sierra County Newspaper reported Canal Road at Trujillo Creek was closed by the Arrey Fire Department due to flooding. The Little Greenhorn Creek was also flooding onto Highway 187 south of the Hillsboro Interstate 25 exit. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Arrey | - | The Truth or Consequences Herald reported that Highway 187 between mile markers 15 and 23 was impassable. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Arrey | - | Flooding reported on Highway 187 near Caballo. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Arrey | - | Water covered Highway 187 north of Arrey at several low water crossings. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derry | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Oasis | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Caballo | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Hillsboro | 14.0 miles | 11 | |
| Las Palomas | 14.8 miles | 11 | |
| Alivio | 15.8 miles | 9 | |
| Lake Valley | 16.0 miles | 9 | |
| Upham | 17.0 miles | 9 |
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 Arrey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4795941 | 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 898717. 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.




