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Pie Town, New Mexico

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Quemado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87827. The Survey maps it on the Pie Town quadrangle. 166 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,778 feet above sea level.

Pie Town within Catron County

Population over time

2 figures

Pie Town fell from 186 to 166 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
2010186
2020166-20 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

8 of 31 photographs shown, 1940

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.

Mrs. Holley, Sr., dishing up ice cream. Pie Town, New Mexico
Mrs. Holley, Sr., dishing up ice cream. Pie Town, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Slab fence and barn of homesteader at Pie Town, New Mexico
Slab fence and barn of homesteader at Pie Town, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Mr. and Mrs. Caudill moving furniture from their dugout. Pie Town, New Mexico
Mr. and Mrs. Caudill moving furniture from their dugout. Pie Town, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Josie Caudill with her toys. Pie Town, New Mexico
Josie Caudill with her toys. Pie Town, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Chimney of the George Huttons' home. Mrs. Hutton built the fireplace and chimney while her husband and son mixed the mud mortar. Pie Town, New Mexico
Chimney of the George Huttons' home. Mrs. Hutton built the fireplace and chimney while her husband and son mixed the mud mortar. Pie Town, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Secretary of the women's extension club. Pie Town, New Mexico. At this meeting recipes for canning vegetables fruits and meats were discussed
Secretary of the women's extension club. Pie Town, New Mexico. At this meeting recipes for canning vegetables fruits and meats were discussed
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Singers at the all-day community sing. Pie Town, New Mexico
Singers at the all-day community sing. Pie Town, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Farmers and their families enjoying the literary society meeting. Pie Town, New Mexico
Farmers and their families enjoying the literary society meeting. Pie Town, New Mexico
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Catron County

Fires near this place

10 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Pie Town between 1996 and 2018, burning about 79 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None 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
Natural4
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1

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
4 July 2012Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionNM 603 MM 5
18 July 2017Naturalunder an acreSocorro DistrictNEIGHBOR BOB
12 July 2002Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBARBWIRE
21 June 2007Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestCLARK
21 June 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPIE FIRE
14 June 2017Debris and open burning25 acresSocorro DistrictSAWTOOTH
26 May 2011Equipment and vehicle use7.7 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionJR
19 May 1996Smoking5.0 acresLas Cruces Field OfficeSAWMILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Catron County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pie Town: 1 unknown. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Catron 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
Tres Lagunas6.2 miles10
Lehew12.2 miles10
Omega12.8 miles10
Mangas13.8 miles10
Greens Gap14.1 miles11
Datil18.7 miles8
Quemado19.4 miles10
Gutierrezville19.9 miles7

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 Pie TownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3382596The 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 897442. 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.