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Los Luceros, 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. 891 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,709 feet above sea level.

Los Luceros within Rio Arriba County

On record in Los Luceros

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

Population over time

2 figures

Los Luceros fell from 906 to 891 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
2010906
2020891-15 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

237 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Los Luceros between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,546 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 37 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 burning108
Missing data/not specified/undetermined52
Arson/incendiarism37
Natural15
Fireworks7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
19 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyDEBRIS
7 August 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNorthern Pueblos AgencyFENCE
26 August 1995Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestTANK
15 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyDUMP
14 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyPILE
10 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencySTONE QUARRY
10 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyNOEL
9 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlbuquerque District OfficeALCALOE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba 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 Los Luceros: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lyden Bentonite DepositBentoniteUnknown
Materials Pit No. 55-70-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 59-55-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 59-56-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 64-17-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 68-1-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Sebastian - Martin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
La Villita0.4 miles15
Estaca0.6 miles15
Alcalde1.5 miles15
Guique2.1 miles15
Pueblito2.9 miles15
Lyden3.3 miles13
Chamita3.8 miles15
San Juan Pueblo4.1 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 Los LucerosAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5979924The 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 901569. 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.