City of Socorro Landfill

City of Socorro Landfill is the municipal dump for Socorro and surrounding rural areas in southern New Mexico. Locals, small businesses, and county haulers drop off final-disposal loads here, so expect a mix of pickup trucks and commercial trucks on any given day.

There’s a scale on the approach and tipping fees are handled by weight, so vehicles stop twice - once to weigh in and again when leaving. An entrance booth sits near the road where drivers identify themselves, then follow dirt lanes out to the active cells to unload. The site feels open and dusty, with mounded fills and compacted dirt roads rather than paved surfaces. Weekends and spring cleanup times tend to be busier, so lines at the scale are not unusual.