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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Gary quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lordsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2002Regional 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 use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | GARY |
| 28 November 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | KATRINA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 59 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anita | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Anita Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | 1961 | |
| Battleship | Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Bellah's Vanadium | Vanadium | Unknown | ||
| Big Wolf Calcite | Calcium | Occurrence | ||
| Bonney-Misers Chest & 85 Mine & Plt | Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc | Plant | ||
| Century Mine | Lead, Tungsten | Producer | Wulfenite | |
| Clementine Claim | Lead, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| General Jerry Boyle Mine | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | 1914 | |
| Henry Clay Mine | Copper, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | 1875, 1885, 1962 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gary | - | A Mesonet station on the Lordsburg Playa near mile marker 13 recorded a peak wind gust of 64 mph. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gary | - | Report from Mesonet station on the Lordsburg Playa at mile marker 13. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valedon | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Shakespeare | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Lordsburg | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Leitendorf (historical) | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Mondel | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Ulmoris | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Steins | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| McGhee Wells | 11.6 miles | 9 |
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.




