Grady, New Mexico
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1971. It stands in the Broadview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88120. The Survey maps it on the Grady quadrangle. 86 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,600 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresGrady fell from 98 to 86 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 98 | |
| 2010 | 107 | +9 (+9%) |
| 2020 | 86 | -21 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 6 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 Clovis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Grady quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Grady between 1993 and 2017, burning about 1,835 acres in total. 2 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 | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WOOD |
| 22 July 2011 | Natural | 80 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | FURY |
| 18 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MASON |
| 5 June 2004 | Natural | 80 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | UNION |
| 11 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 600 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | YELLOW |
| 3 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Las Vegas District | BORDEN HARRIS |
| 21 February 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BORDEN |
| 6 December 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GRADY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Grady: 5 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grady in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 16 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grady | $100,000 | A microburst with estimated 70 to 90 mph winds from a severe thunderstorm caused significant damage in and around Grady as well as in far southern Quay County. North-northwest of Grady, a National Weather Service damage survey team found 17 downed electrical transmission line poles due to the microburst. A couple of the poles were snapped at the base while some were snapped halfway up the pole. Damages are estimated for the destruction of the transmission pole lines. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grady | $25,000 | A microburst with estimated 70 to 90 mph winds from a severe thunderstorm caused significant damage in and around Grady as well as in far southern Quay County. In Grady, a National Weather Service damage survey team estimated 70 mph winds associated with the microburst caused roof damage with metal roofs pealed back from their structures. The microburst also removed a porch cover that was attached to a house. Additionally, large trees were unrooted, and large tree limbs were downed. Damages are estimated for the roof damage as well as the tree damage. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grady | $10,000 | A mesonet station measured a 92.4 mph thunderstorm wind gust. This gust caused damage blowing out the northside windows of a Baptist church. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Grady | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Grady | - | State Highway 275 at mile marker 6 was closed due to flooding and standing water on the roadway. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Grady | - | A severe thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail at Grady, New Mexico. |
| May 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Grady | - | A funnel cloud was observed by the Quay County emergency manager looking south from Logan. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Grady | - | A trained weather spotter reported golf ball size hail 2 miles east of Grady, NM. |
| May 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Grady | - | A storm chaser reported a brief tornado near the Quay and Curry County line. No damage was reported. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Grady | - | The NM Department of Highways reported NM Highway 278 closed from flooding due to heavy rain. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Grady | - | A member of the public in Grady reported quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm tracking eastward through the area. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grady | - | A school weather station in Grady measured a peak wind gust of 84 mph from a thunderstorm microburst. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grady | - | ASOS reported 60 mph gust ahead of a thunderstorm. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Grady | - | Pea to quarter hail 2 miles southwest of Grady. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Grady | - | Nickel hail reported in Grady. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Grady | - | The public reported nickel-size hail from this thunderstorm. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Grady | - | Dime- to nickel-size hail reported between Grady and Broadview by the Broadview Gas Company. |
| November 2011 | Hail | Grady | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Grady | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Grady | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Grady | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Grady | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Grady | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Grady | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Grady | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Grady | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Grady | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadview | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Bellview | 11.1 miles | 6 | |
| Hollene | 12.4 miles | 6 | |
| Claud | 17.3 miles | 7 | |
| Field | 18.7 miles | 6 | |
| Weber City | 21.3 miles | 7 | |
| Ranchvale | 22.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 24.5 miles | 7 |
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 Grady | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2919034 | 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 898784. 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.


