BlockBefore

Chamisal, New Mexico

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Picuris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87521. The Survey maps it on the Penasco quadrangle. 255 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,474 feet above sea level.

Chamisal within Taos County

Population over time

3 figures

Chamisal fell from 301 to 255 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.

YearPeople Change
2000301
2010310+9 (+3%)
2020255-55 (-18%)

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.

Photographs

1 photograph, 1940

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Barn and chicken coop of Spanish-American farmer. Chamisal, New Mexico
Barn and chicken coop of Spanish-American farmer. Chamisal, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Chamisal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 407 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 5 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
Natural37
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
17 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson National Forestnot named
9 August 1995Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestOJITO
8 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLIANO
7 August 2016Naturalunder an acreCimarron DistrictUPPER LLANO
28 August 2012Natural2.0 acresCarson National ForestCANADA DE LOS ALAMOS
28 August 2011Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyGARCIA
28 August 2001Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestOSHA
24 August 2010Natural270 acresCarson National ForestOJITO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Chamisal: 12 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold, Beryllium, Lithium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium). 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
Champion MineCopper, Silver, Gold, AntimonyPast Producer1879, 1959
Champion MineSilver, Copper, GoldProspect
Harding PegmatiteBeryllium, Lithium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), CalciumPast Producer1919, 1958
Harding PegmatiteTin, Tantalum, Lithium, BerylliumPast Producer1900, 1920
Harding Pegmatite Ext.Beryllium, TantalumOccurrence
M.I.C.A. MineMicaProducerMetamorphic
Owen-Roybal GroupBeryllium, Niobium (Columbium), TantalumPast Producer1957
Owens-Roybal GroupBeryllium, Niobium (Columbium)Past Producer
Picuris DistrictCopper, Lithium, Beryllium, Tantalum, Silver, Tungsten, Gold, Bismuth, Calcium, Kyanite, Niobium (Columbium)Past ProducerLODE (VEIN)
The Tungsten MineCopper, TungstenPast Producer1955

Every working recorded in Taos 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
Ojito2.1 miles11
Rio Lucio2.2 miles11
Vallecito2.5 miles12
Trampas2.6 miles12
Peñasco2.7 miles11
Picuris Pueblo2.8 miles11
Llano3.5 miles11
Rodarte3.6 miles11

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 ChamisalAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2158758The 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 905022. 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.