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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.

Canova within Rio Arriba County

Population over time

2 figures

Canova 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.

YearPeople Change
2010118
2020102-16 (-14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

53 since 1992

Regional 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
2 August 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionVIGIL
9 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlbuquerque District OfficeALCALOE
8 July 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresChama District21-10050046X
3 July 2006Naturalunder an acreTaos Field OfficeEMBUDO II
3 July 2005Fireworks2.6 acresTaos Field OfficeGASOLINEAL
3 July 1994Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlbuquerque District OfficeCACTUS
2 July 2000Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSALADO
19 July 2011Naturalunder an acreTaos Field OfficeCEDAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lyden Bentonite DepositBentoniteUnknown
Materials Pit No. 73-18-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Sebastian - Martin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rio Arriba County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Velarde0.5 miles11
Lyden1.4 miles13
Embudo3.6 miles11
Los Luceros4.7 miles15
La Cienaga5.0 miles11
Estaca5.1 miles15
La Junta5.1 miles11
La Villita5.1 miles15

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 CanovaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5747612The 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.