Dwyer, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Bayard-Santa Rita census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88034. The Survey maps it on the Dwyer quadrangle. It stands 5,200 feet above sea level.
On record in Dwyer
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 6 records
- Trinidad Andazola Houselisted 1988
- Ramon Baca Houselisted 1988
- Tom Eby Storage Buildinglisted 1988
- NAN Ranchlisted 1988
- Soliz-Baca Houselisted 1988
- Maria J. and Juan Trujillo Houselisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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
- 1956 USGS Dwyer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Hatch quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Dwyer quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Dwyer quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Dwyer between 1993 and 2009, burning about 1,475 acres in total. 1 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 | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | NAN |
| 12 June 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 12 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BROWN |
| 10 June 2009 | Natural | 1,120 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | TAYLOR MT |
| 1 June 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SIMON |
| 10 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HARLEY |
| 11 February 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SIMON |
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 Dwyer: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mimbres Fault Perlite Deposit No. 3 | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Materials Pit 58-117-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 58-120-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Mill | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Sherman | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| San Juan | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Faywood (historical) | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| San Lorenzo | 12.8 miles | 9 | |
| Casas Adobes | 13.1 miles | 9 | |
| Whitewater | 14.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hurley | 14.9 miles | 12 |
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 Dwyer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14705976 | 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 920591. 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.





