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Derry, 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 East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87933. It lies near Green Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Garfield quadrangle. It stands 4,117 feet above sea level.

Derry within Sierra County

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

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Derry between 1998 and 2019, burning about 136 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
21 June 2015Natural5.3 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeWAGONEER
20 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSocorro DistrictJONES HOLE
1 May 2006Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
27 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLas Cruces Field Office52
23 April 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCHURCH
5 March 2009Debris and open burning10 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGHOST HOUSE
3 March 2009Debris and open burning100 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDAIRY
28 March 2004Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionJONES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sierra County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Derry: 10 occurrences, 9 unknowns, 5 past producers, 5 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese, Barium-Barite. 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
Esperanza ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, LeadOccurrenceFluorite, Galena
Jones-Reiland Claims 1940'sManganese, TungstenOccurrencePsilomelane
Manganese Hill GroupManganese, TungstenPast Producer1942
Nakaye MineFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, ManganesePast Producer1920, 1952
Red Star ClaimsBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Hill TopManganeseProspect
Jones-ReilandManganeseOccurrence
Manganese HillManganeseProspect
AlamoFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Alvarez ClaimsFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite

Every working 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
Arrey4.6 miles8
Oasis9.6 miles9
Caballo13.0 miles9
Alivio14.3 miles9
Lake Valley15.9 miles9
Upham16.3 miles9
Hillsboro17.7 miles11
Las Palomas19.0 miles11

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 DerryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19461324The 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 888335. 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.