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El Valle de Arroyo Seco, New Mexico

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Santa Fe North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87532. It stands on Arroyo del Llano. The Survey maps it on the Espanola quadrangle. 1,431 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,728 feet above sea level.

El Valle de Arroyo Seco within Santa Fe County

Population over time

3 figures

El Valle de Arroyo Seco grew from 1,149 to 1,431 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
20001,149
20101,440+291 (+25%)
20201,431-9 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

223 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of El Valle de Arroyo Seco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,690 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 30 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 burning68
Missing data/not specified/undetermined59
Arson/incendiarism30
Natural20
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking8
Fireworks5
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
7 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyBROKEN AX
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestRESUMEDERO
3 September 1992Natural4.5 acresBandelier National MonumentCHURCH
6 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionM50
31 August 1998Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestJOE
31 August 1998Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestTHINNING
25 August 1998Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestBORDO
16 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyPOVI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Fe County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of El Valle de Arroyo Seco: 1 unknown, 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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
RogersUraniumOccurrence
San Jose No 13 ClaimUraniumUnknown
Bartholomew - Sanchez Grant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
LowdermilkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials Pit No. 59-60-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Santa Fe 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
Arroyo Seco0.2 miles20
Sombrillo1.3 miles20
Rancho Valle1.9 miles20
Quarteles2.2 miles20
Santa Cruz2.2 miles20
La Puebla2.5 miles16
Santo Nino3.0 miles20
Pojoaque4.8 miles20

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 El Valle de Arroyo SecoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2731674The 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 1852625. 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.