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Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Albuquerque census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87107. The Survey maps it on the Los Griegos quadrangle. 5,874 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,987 feet above sea level.

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque within Bernalillo County

On record in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque

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 within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque fell from 6,024 to 5,874 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
20106,024
20205,874-150 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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.

Photographs

1 photograph, 2020

Taken 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.

A Little Free Library with a message worth reading in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque (the Ranches of Albuquerque), which locals often abbreviate to simply "Los Ranchos," a northern suburb of the capital city of New Mexico where, indeed, many small horse farms can be found within neighborhoods of modest adobe structures
A Little Free Library with a message worth reading in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque (the Ranches of Albuquerque), which locals often abbreviate to simply "Los Ranchos," a northern suburb of the capital city of New Mexico where, indeed, many small horse farms can be found within neighborhoods of modest adobe structures
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque between 1992 and 2019, burning about 821 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning9
Natural4
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2009Natural2.5 acresSouthern Pueblos AgencyTANK
29 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencySHADY
15 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDENNIS
11 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyBOUNDARY
1 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionEAGLE
7 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionANNE
7 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionAPODACA
6 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionJOY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bernalillo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque: 15 producers, 11 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Volcanic Materials. 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
Materials Pit #57-45-FClayUnknown
Name Unknown Scoria DepositVolcanic MaterialsOccurrenceScoria
Wylie PitStoneProducer
American Gypsum PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Crushing & Milling Sect.Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer
6026 North Second St. PlantPumiceUnknown
9700 North Second PlantPumiceUnknown
Esquire Claims 5-9 PlantPumiceProducer
Utility Block Co. PlantPumiceProducer
A.F.Cole PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bernalillo 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
Lee Acres0.9 miles21
North Valley1.3 miles22
Los Griegos1.6 miles21
Alameda2.2 miles22
Hahn2.2 miles21
Los Candelarias2.9 miles23
Paradise Hills4.1 miles21
Taylor Ranch4.1 miles21

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 Ranchos de AlbuquerqueAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1933179The 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 918239. 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.