BlockDusty, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Magdalena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87943. It lies near Whitewater Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Dusty quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Tucson Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tularosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Dusty quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS San Mateo Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Dusty quadrangle1:24000
- 2005 USGS Dusty quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Dusty between 1994 and 2017, burning about 1,453 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 |
| 27 June 2007 | Natural | 404 acres | Gila National Forest | WAHOO |
| 15 June 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | WAHOO |
| 1 June 2002 | Natural | 2.4 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ALAMOSA |
| 9 May 2001 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Gila National Forest | WAHOO |
| 25 May 2000 | Natural | 529 acres | Socorro Field Office | KNISELY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dusty: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chloride District | Gemstone | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Ojo Caliente Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Name Kaolinite Prospect | Kaolin | Past Producer | Cristobalite, Kaolin |
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dusty in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2021: 2 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | Dusty | $15,000 | Heavy rain flooded portions of New Mexico State Road 52 which rendered the roadway impassable. The New Mexico Department of Transportation was forced to close to roadway for several hours as a result. The extent of damages is unknown. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Dusty | - | Two Forest Service employees were caught between two flooded Forest Service roads on the North Fire burn scar. Each road dipped into an arroyo where the water was bank-full. They waited out the flood before leaving the area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dusty (historical) | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Cherryville (historical) | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Rosedale (historical) | 18.2 miles | 10 | |
| Monica (historical) | 24.3 miles | 9 | |
| Paraje (historical) | 32.1 miles | 10 | |
| Augustine (historical) | 33.6 miles | 6 | |
| Craig (historical) | 34.0 miles | 10 | |
| Lava | 35.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2038780. 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.