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Taos Pueblo, New Mexico

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Taos Pueblo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87571. It lies near Gato Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Taos quadrangle. 1,196 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,119 feet above sea level.

Taos Pueblo within Taos County

On record in Taos Pueblo

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.

Surveyed buildings and structures 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Taos Pueblo grew from 1,135 to 1,196 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
20101,135
20201,196+61 (+5%)

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

157 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Taos Pueblo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,029 acres in total. 29 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
Debris and open burning55
Natural29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Smoking12
Fireworks11
Recreation and ceremony10
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes2
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
27 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCarson National ForestTAOS CANYON
24 September 2001Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencySAN JI
1 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyBOX CAR
9 August 1996Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyJUNIOR
7 August 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyPUCK
7 August 1995Misuse of fire by a minor2.5 acresNorthern Pueblos AgencyGREEN
7 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorthern Pueblos AgencySHACK
6 August 2012Naturalunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyLUCY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taos County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Taos Pueblo: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Red RiverGoldPast ProducerGold
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
El Prado1.7 miles11
Taos2.6 miles11
Cañon3.4 miles11
Ranchito3.7 miles11
Lower Ranchito4.5 miles11
Arroyo Seco5.5 miles10
Los Cordovas6.1 miles9
Shady Brook6.2 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 Taos PuebloAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23681132The 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 928824. 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.