Guy, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Clayton North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88418. The Survey maps it on the Guy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Guy quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Capulin Mountain quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Guy between 1996 and 2019, burning about 1,122 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 July 2019 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Cimarron District | 20-20080041X |
| 24 July 2016 | Natural | 50 acres | Cimarron District | ECHO CANYON |
| 10 July 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | ROCK LEDGE |
| 9 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PENA |
| 15 April 2016 | Natural | 1,065 acres | Cimarron District | ARIZONA PASTURE |
| 20 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Guy: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnett Pit | Limestone, General | Producer | Caliche |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Guy in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Guy | $10,000 | County road B18 was damaged due to the Travesser Creek overflowing its banks. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corrumpa (historical) | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Cuates (historical) | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Willow Springs (historical) | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Atencio | 16.5 miles | 8 | |
| Grenville | 18.1 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Dora | 20.6 miles | 8 | |
| Grande | 20.7 miles | 8 | |
| Seneca | 20.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898787. 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.




