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Chamita, New Mexico

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the South Rio Arriba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87566. It stands on Arroyo Maestas. The Survey maps it on the San Juan Pueblo quadrangle. 1,005 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,725 feet above sea level.

Chamita within Rio Arriba County

On record in Chamita

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Chamita grew from 870 to 1,005 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
2010870
20201,005+135 (+16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

314 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 314 fires within 5 miles of Chamita between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,274 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 55 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 burning136
Missing data/not specified/undetermined72
Arson/incendiarism55
Fireworks14
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1

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
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPHILIP
19 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyDEBRIS
7 August 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNorthern Pueblos AgencyFENCE
15 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyDUMP
14 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyPILE
10 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencySTONE QUARRY
10 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyNOEL
8 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyCOUNTY 56

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Chamita: 8 prospects, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite. 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
Diatomaceous Earth PitDiatomiteUnknown
J.H. Rhoades Pumice Co. Diatomite MineDiatomitePast Producer1953, 1954
James H RhodeDiatomiteProspect
Rhodes Diatomite PitDiatomitePast Producer
Bartholomew - Sanchez Grant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
LowdermilkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials Pit No. 55-70-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 59-55-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 59-56-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 59-60-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Rio Arriba County

Storms near this place

1 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chamita in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2016Flash FloodChamita1 hurt, $25,000Vehicle overturned on highway 74 near mile marker 2 due to flood waters. Women was rescued from vehicle by fire department.

Every storm 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
Pueblito1.1 miles15
El Duende1.3 miles15
Hernandez1.3 miles15
Guique1.7 miles15
San Juan Pueblo1.8 miles15
San Jose2.1 miles15
Alcalde2.6 miles15
La Chuachia2.8 miles14

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 ChamitaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5764340The 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 899579. 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.