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Gary, New Mexico

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Hidalgo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88045. The Survey maps it on the Gary quadrangle.

Gary within Hidalgo 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.

Fires near this place

2 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Gary between 2002 and 2009, burning about 21 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 June 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeGARY
28 November 2009Equipment and vehicle use20 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionKATRINA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hidalgo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 59 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 59 workings within 5 miles of Gary: 42 past producers, 7 unknowns, 4 producers, 3 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Copper, Silver, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
AnitaGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Anita MineLead, Copper, Silver, Gold, ZincPast Producer1961
BattleshipLead, Gold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Bellah's VanadiumVanadiumUnknown
Big Wolf CalciteCalciumOccurrence
Bonney-Misers Chest & 85 Mine & PltGold, Silver, Copper, ZincPlant
Century MineLead, TungstenProducerWulfenite
Clementine ClaimLead, Silver, CopperPast Producer1955
General Jerry Boyle MineCopper, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer1914
Henry Clay MineCopper, Silver, Zinc, Gold, LeadPast Producer1875, 1885, 1962

Every working recorded in Hidalgo County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gary in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2023: 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
September 2023Thunderstorm WindGary-A Mesonet station on the Lordsburg Playa near mile marker 13 recorded a peak wind gust of 64 mph.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindGary-Report from Mesonet station on the Lordsburg Playa at mile marker 13.

Every storm recorded in Hidalgo 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
Valedon3.9 miles10
Shakespeare4.2 miles10
Lordsburg6.1 miles10
Leitendorf (historical)6.2 miles9
Mondel6.7 miles8
Ulmoris9.9 miles10
Steins11.2 miles9
McGhee Wells11.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 899646. 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.