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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.

La Mesilla within Rio Arriba County

Population over time

2 figures

La 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,772
20201,844+72 (+4%)

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

206 since 1992

Regional 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 burning69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Arson/incendiarism30
Natural13
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony8
Fireworks6
Smoking6
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
7 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyBROKEN AX
10 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencySAAB
16 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyPOVI
1 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLA PUEBLA
1 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyLUCERO
9 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern Pueblos Agency107 FIRE
7 July 2020Fireworksunder an acreBernalillo District21-60150043X
7 July 1993Debris and open burning4.0 acresNorthern Pueblos AgencyMCCURDY

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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
RogersUraniumOccurrence
San Jose No 13 ClaimUraniumUnknown
Bartholomew - Sanchez Grant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
LowdermilkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit No. 59-60-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
Santa Clara Pueblo1.5 miles20
Santa Clara1.7 miles20
Guachupangue2.5 miles20
San Pedro2.6 miles20
Española3.0 miles20
Riverside3.0 miles20
Santo Niño3.8 miles15
El Guacho4.1 miles15

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 MesillaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5403645The 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.