Canova, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the South Rio Arriba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87582. It stands on Rio de Truchas. The Survey maps it on the Velarde quadrangle. 102 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,774 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCanova fell from 118 to 102 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 118 | |
| 2020 | 102 | -16 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Velarde quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Taos quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Velarde quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Canova between 1992 and 2020, burning about 194 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 3 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | VIGIL |
| 9 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Albuquerque District Office | ALCALOE |
| 8 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Chama District | 21-10050046X |
| 3 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Taos Field Office | EMBUDO II |
| 3 July 2005 | Fireworks | 2.6 acres | Taos Field Office | GASOLINEAL |
| 3 July 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Albuquerque District Office | CACTUS |
| 2 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SALADO |
| 19 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Taos Field Office | CEDAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Canova: 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyden Bentonite Deposit | Bentonite | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit No. 73-18-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Sebastian - Martin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velarde | 0.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lyden | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Embudo | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Los Luceros | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| La Cienaga | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Estaca | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| La Junta | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| La Villita | 5.1 miles | 15 |
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 Canova | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5747612 | 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 904725. 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.




