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.
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.
Taos PuebloNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.1 miles away
Surveyed buildings and structures 3 records
- Pueblo of Taos Central Portion, Taos Pueblofederal building survey, 8 photographs
- San Geronimo Mission, Taos Pueblofederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Taos Indian Health Center, 0.3 mile south-southwest of Pueblos Plaza, Taos Pueblofederal building survey, 18 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresTaos 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,135 | |
| 2020 | 1,196 | +61 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Taos quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Taos quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Taos quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
157 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 55 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Fireworks | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Carson National Forest | TAOS CANYON |
| 24 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | SAN JI |
| 1 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | BOX CAR |
| 9 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | JUNIOR |
| 7 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | PUCK |
| 7 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.5 acres | Northern Pueblos Agency | GREEN |
| 7 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northern Pueblos Agency | SHACK |
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | LUCY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red River | Gold | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Prado | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Taos | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Cañon | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Ranchito | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Lower Ranchito | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Arroyo Seco | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Los Cordovas | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Shady Brook | 6.2 miles | 11 |
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 Pueblo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q23681132 | The 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.




