Los Cordovas, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Taos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87571. It stands on Rio Grande del Rancho. The Survey maps it on the Los Cordovas quadrangle.
On record in Los Cordovas
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 1 record
- San Ysidro Oratoriolisted 1984
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Los Cordovas quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Taos quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
1 photograph, 1943Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
43 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Los Cordovas between 1994 and 2020, burning about 168 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | RAMPS |
| 11 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Northern Pueblos Agency | TRAILER |
| 9 July 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Albuquerque District Office | BLAKE |
| 8 July 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Albuquerque District Office | QUINTA |
| 7 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Albuquerque District Office | RANCHOS |
| 6 July 1995 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Northern Pueblos Agency | DEADDOG |
| 6 July 1994 | Fireworks | 5.0 acres | Albuquerque District Office | CHEAT |
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Cimarron District | LLANO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Los Cordovas: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Ranchito | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Ranchito | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Ranchos de Taos | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Llano Quemado | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Taos | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Talpa | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Cañon | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| El Prado | 4.5 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q42206184 | 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 928756. 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.



