La Villita, New Mexico
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the South Rio Arriba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87511. It stands on Arroyo del Palacio. The Survey maps it on the San Juan Pueblo quadrangle. 999 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,715 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLa Villita grew from 957 to 999 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 | 957 | |
| 2020 | 999 | +42 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1918 USGS Abiquiu quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS San Juan Pueblo quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS San Juan Pueblo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 2002 USGS San Juan Pueblo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
255 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of La Villita between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,645 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 40 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 | 118 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Fireworks | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PHILIP |
| 19 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | DEBRIS |
| 7 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Northern Pueblos Agency | FENCE |
| 26 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | TANK |
| 15 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | DUMP |
| 14 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | PILE |
| 10 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | STONE QUARRY |
| 10 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | NOEL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of La Villita: 5 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyden Bentonite Deposit | Bentonite | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit No. 55-70-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 59-55-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 59-56-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 64-17-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 68-1-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Sebastian - Martin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Villita in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2016: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Villita | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | La Villita | - | Over one foot of water surrounding homes near La Villita. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | La Villita | - | Numerous roads flooded and impassable around Alcalde. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Luceros | 0.4 miles | 15 | |
| Estaca | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Alcalde | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Guique | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Pueblito | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Chamita | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| San Juan Pueblo | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Lyden | 3.7 miles | 13 |
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 Villita | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5965509 | 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 890847. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







