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Rio Lucio, New Mexico

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Picuris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87553. It stands on Rio Pueblo. The Survey maps it on the Penasco quadrangle. 303 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,251 feet above sea level.

Rio Lucio within Taos County

On record in Rio Lucio

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 1 record

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

Population over time

3 figures

Rio Lucio fell from 379 to 303 between 2000 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
2000379
2010389+10 (+3%)
2020303-86 (-22%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

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 Rio Lucio between 1992 and 2020, burning about 396 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 5 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
Natural37
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
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
9 August 1995Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestOJITO
7 August 2016Naturalunder an acreCimarron DistrictUPPER LLANO
28 August 2011Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyGARCIA
24 August 2010Natural270 acresCarson National ForestOJITO
2 August 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyTBIRD
19 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyCIRCLEASPE
19 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson National Forestnot named
18 August 1994Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyBIGPINE2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Rio Lucio: 12 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold, Calcium. 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
Champion MineCopper, Silver, Gold, AntimonyPast Producer1879, 1959
Champion MineSilver, Copper, GoldProspect
Harding PegmatiteBeryllium, Lithium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), CalciumPast Producer1919, 1958
Harding PegmatiteTin, Tantalum, Lithium, BerylliumPast Producer1900, 1920
Harding Pegmatite Ext.Beryllium, TantalumOccurrence
M.I.C.A. MineMicaProducerMetamorphic
Owen-Roybal GroupBeryllium, Niobium (Columbium), TantalumPast Producer1957
Owens-Roybal GroupBeryllium, Niobium (Columbium)Past Producer
Picuris DistrictCopper, Lithium, Beryllium, Tantalum, Silver, Tungsten, Gold, Bismuth, Calcium, Kyanite, Niobium (Columbium)Past ProducerLODE (VEIN)
Theodore Glass PropertyBeryllium, MicaProspect

Every working recorded in Taos 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
Picuris Pueblo0.9 miles11
Chamisal2.2 miles11
Peñasco2.7 miles11
Vadito2.9 miles11
Ojito3.8 miles11
Vallecito4.1 miles12
Rodarte4.1 miles11
Llano4.5 miles11

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 Rio LucioAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2783987The 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 910245. 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.