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Lyden, New Mexico

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the South Rio Arriba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87582. It stands on CaƱada Ancha. The Survey maps it on the Lyden quadrangle. 250 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,735 feet above sea level.

Lyden within Rio Arriba County

Population over time

2 figures

Lyden grew from 245 to 250 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
2010245
2020250+5 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Lyden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 245 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
2 August 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionVIGIL
9 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlbuquerque District OfficeALCALOE
8 July 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresChama District21-10050046X
8 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.5 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMONTOYA
3 July 1994Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlbuquerque District OfficeCACTUS
2 July 2000Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSALADO
2 July 1994Fireworks2.0 acresAlbuquerque District OfficeCEMETARY
19 July 2011Naturalunder an acreTaos Field OfficeCEDAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lyden: 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 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. 73-18-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
Canova1.4 miles11
Velarde1.9 miles11
Los Luceros3.3 miles15
Estaca3.7 miles15
La Villita3.7 miles15
Alcalde4.7 miles15
Embudo4.8 miles11
Guique5.4 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 LydenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5402516The 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 928757. 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.