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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.

Arrey within Sierra County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Arrey 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.

YearPeople Change
2010232
2020296+64 (+28%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

Fires near this place

31 since 1995

Regional 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/undetermined11
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
11 July 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMILE 61 I-25 S
22 June 2013Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPERCHA
21 June 2015Natural5.3 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeWAGONEER
20 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSocorro DistrictJONES HOLE
2 May 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSocorro DistrictPERCHA
11 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLas Cruces Field OfficeVIRGINIA
10 May 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRIVERBRIDGE
10 May 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPERCHA EAST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sierra County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jones-Reiland Claims 1940'sManganese, TungstenOccurrencePsilomelane
Lorraine GroupFluorine-Fluorite, ManganeseOccurrenceFluorite
Lyda K MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, SilicaPast Producer1926, 1928
Manganese Hill GroupManganese, TungstenPast Producer1942
Materials Pit #22StoneUnknown
Nakaye MineFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, ManganesePast Producer1920, 1952
Caballo Mountains Mining and Leaching Co. ClaimsCopper, Lead, SilverOccurrence1900
Caballo Mt Mining & Leaching CoCopper, Lead, SilverProspect
Esperanza ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, LeadOccurrenceFluorite, Galena
Lyda K MineFluorine-Fluorite, LeadProducer1926, 1928, 1943

Every working recorded in Sierra County

Storms near this place

6 since 2005

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2005Thunderstorm WindArrey$5,000A dry microburst flipped a 35 foot trailer and caused power outages.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindArrey-Tree limbs were reported down throughout Percha Dam State Park.
September 2014Flash FloodArrey-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 2014Flash FloodArrey-The Truth or Consequences Herald reported that Highway 187 between mile markers 15 and 23 was impassable.
July 2013Flash FloodArrey-Flooding reported on Highway 187 near Caballo.
August 2008Flash FloodArrey-Water covered Highway 187 north of Arrey at several low water crossings.

Every storm recorded in Sierra 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
Derry4.6 miles8
Oasis5.2 miles9
Caballo8.8 miles9
Hillsboro14.0 miles11
Las Palomas14.8 miles11
Alivio15.8 miles9
Lake Valley16.0 miles9
Upham17.0 miles9

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 ArreyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4795941The 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.