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La Puebla, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Santa Fe North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87532. It stands on Arroyo de Quarteles. The Survey maps it on the Cundiyo quadrangle. 1,123 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,896 feet above sea level.

La Puebla within Santa Fe County

Population over time

3 figures

La Puebla fell from 1,296 to 1,123 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
20001,296
20101,186-110 (-8%)
20201,123-63 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

211 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of La Puebla between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,561 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 29 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 burning63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Arson/incendiarism29
Natural17
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Recreation and ceremony9
Fireworks8
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2

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 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestRESUMEDERO
3 September 1992Natural4.5 acresBandelier National MonumentCHURCH
18 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreBernalillo DistrictRIO ARRIBA
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
26 August 1995Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestTANK
25 August 1998Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestBORDO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Fe County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of La Puebla: 3 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Chimayo PitStoneUnknown
LowdermilkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials Pit No. 55-70-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Hubbard ProspectUraniumProspect
MarionUraniumUnknown
RogersUraniumOccurrence
San Jose No 13 ClaimUraniumUnknown

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
Rancho Valle0.7 miles20
Quarteles0.9 miles20
Sombrillo2.4 miles20
Arroyo Seco2.4 miles20
El Valle de Arroyo Seco2.5 miles20
Santa Cruz2.7 miles20
Potrero3.3 miles16
Santo Nino3.6 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 La PueblaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2298181The 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 918224. 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.