La Mesilla, 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 Arroyo la Mesilla. The Survey maps it on the Espanola quadrangle. 1,844 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresLa Mesilla grew from 1,772 to 1,844 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 | 1,772 | |
| 2020 | 1,844 | +72 (+4%) |
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
206 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of La Mesilla between 1992 and 2020, burning about 508 acres in total. 13 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 | 69 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | BROKEN AX |
| 10 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | SAAB |
| 16 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | POVI |
| 1 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LA PUEBLA |
| 1 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | LUCERO |
| 9 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | 107 FIRE |
| 7 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Bernalillo District | 21-60150043X |
| 7 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Northern Pueblos Agency | MCCURDY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of La Mesilla: 2 unknowns, 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 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara Pueblo | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Santa Clara | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Guachupangue | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| San Pedro | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Española | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Riverside | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Santo Niño | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| El Guacho | 4.1 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 La Mesilla | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5403645 | 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 907693. 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.









