Cordova, New Mexico
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Chimayo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87523. It stands on Cañada los Angeles. The Survey maps it on the Truchas quadrangle. 380 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,955 feet above sea level.
On record in Cordova
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 1 record
- San Antonio de Padua del Quemado Chapellisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresCordova fell from 414 to 380 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 | 414 | |
| 2020 | 380 | -34 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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 Truchas quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Taos quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Truchas quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph, 1935Taken 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.
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1935. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
65 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Cordova between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,498 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 1997 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | CHICO |
| 3 August 1992 | Natural | 10 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
| 29 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | THIRD |
| 28 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | RIO |
| 28 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | CARNERO |
| 24 August 1997 | Natural | 99 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | BABY CLINTON |
| 15 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | 306 |
| 1 August 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | AMOLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Cordova: 6 prospects, 6 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Uranium, Beryllium, Beryllium, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit No. 64-66-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Rocking Chair Mine | Beryllium, Mica | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Rocking Chair Nos. 1 and 2 | Beryllium, Calcium | Prospect | ||
| Fidel | Beryllium | Past Producer | ||
| Hubbard Prospect | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Marion | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Santa Rita Beryl Prospect | Beryllium | Prospect | ||
| B.A.T. Claims Mine | Mica | Past Producer | 1955, 1956, 1964 | |
| El Fidel Beryl Deposit | Mica | Past Producer | 1957, 1958 | |
| Fidel Mine | Mica | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truchas | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Los Pachecos | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Chimayo | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Ojo Sarco | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| El Llano | 9.8 miles | 15 | |
| Santo Niño | 10.8 miles | 15 | |
| Fairview | 10.8 miles | 15 | |
| Ranchitos | 10.9 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 Cordova | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5398084 | 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 905338. 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.




