Dusty, New Mexico

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Magdalena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87943. It lies near West Red Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Wahoo Ranch quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dusty within Socorro County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

1954 USGS Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1979 USGS San Mateo Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1999 USGS Wahoo Ranch quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Dusty (historical) between 1994 and 2017, burning about 1,490 acres in total. 10 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
Natural	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
8 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	Cibola National Forest	WEST
31 July 2011	Natural	3.0 acres	Gila National Forest	ROCK SPRINGS
16 July 1994	Natural	85 acres	Cibola National Forest	not named
19 June 2008	Natural	122 acres	Cibola National Forest	WILDBULL
15 June 1999	Natural	under an acre	Las Cruces Field Office	WAHOO
15 June 1995	Natural	320 acres	Las Cruces Field Office	SILVER
1 June 2002	Natural	2.4 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	ALAMOSA
9 May 2001	Natural	5.0 acres	Gila National Forest	WAHOO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Socorro County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dusty (historical): 1 unknown, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Gemstone, Kaolin. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Chloride District	Gemstone	Occurrence	Vein
Ojo Caliente Springs	Geothermal	Unknown
Unknown Name Kaolinite Prospect	Kaolin	Past Producer	Cristobalite, Kaolin

Every working recorded in Socorro 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Dusty	1.0 miles	11
Cherryville (historical)	3.9 miles	11
Rosedale (historical)	18.8 miles	10
Monica (historical)	25.2 miles	9
Paraje (historical)	31.8 miles	10
Craig (historical)	33.8 miles	10
Augustine (historical)	34.6 miles	6
Lava	34.9 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 920137. 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.