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Española, New Mexico

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Santa Clara Pueblo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87532. It stands on Santa Cruz River. The Survey maps it on the Espanola quadrangle. 10,526 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,594 feet above sea level.

Española within Rio Arriba County

On record in Española

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 2 records

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

Population over time

2 figures

Española grew from 10,224 to 10,526 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
201010,224
202010,526+302 (+3%)

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

330 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 330 fires within 5 miles of Española between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,414 acres in total. 25 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 burning123
Missing data/not specified/undetermined65
Arson/incendiarism55
Natural25
Fireworks16
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Smoking12
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
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
7 August 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNorthern Pueblos AgencyFENCE
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Española: 3 prospects, 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
Bartholomew - Sanchez Grant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
LowdermilkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials Pit No. 55-70-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 59-60-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 59-62-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working 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
Guachupangue0.6 miles20
Riverside0.7 miles20
San Pedro0.9 miles20
El Guacho1.1 miles15
Santo Niño1.2 miles15
Santa Clara1.5 miles20
Fairview1.5 miles15
Santa Clara Pueblo1.8 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 EspañolaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1018839The 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 928729. 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.