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.
Population over time
3 figuresEl 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,149 | |
| 2010 | 1,440 | +291 (+25%) |
| 2020 | 1,431 | -9 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1892 USGS Santa Clara quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Espanola quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Espanola quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Los Alamos quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Espanola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2002 USGS Espanola quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
223 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 68 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | BROKEN AX |
| 7 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | RESUMEDERO |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Bandelier National Monument | CHURCH |
| 6 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | M50 |
| 31 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | JOE |
| 31 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | THINNING |
| 25 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | BORDO |
| 16 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | POVI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| San Jose No 13 Claim | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Bartholomew - Sanchez Grant Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lowdermilk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Materials Pit No. 59-60-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Seco | 0.2 miles | 20 | |
| Sombrillo | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Rancho Valle | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Quarteles | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Santa Cruz | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| La Puebla | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Santo Nino | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Pojoaque | 4.8 miles | 20 |
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 Seco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2731674 | 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 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.









