Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Arroyo Hondo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87525. It stands on Lake Fork. The Survey maps it on the Wheeler Peak quadrangle. 77 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 9,321 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTaos Ski Valley grew from 69 to 77 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 | 69 | |
| 2020 | 77 | +8 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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
- 1963 USGS Wheeler Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Wheeler Peak quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Wheeler Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Taos Ski Valley between 2002 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | FALL |
| 25 August 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Carson National Forest | POWERLINE |
| 3 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson National Forest | YERBA ICF |
| 20 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | GALLINA |
| 7 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson National Forest | CUCHILLO DEL MEDIO ACF1 |
| 5 June 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson National Forest | GOOSE LAKE ICF |
| 24 June 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson National Forest | DUMMY ACF |
| 11 June 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Carson National Forest | CHAIRLIFT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Taos Ski Valley: 18 prospects, 5 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amizette Prospects | Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite | |
| Amizette Prospects | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Berry Ext. Prospect | Zinc, Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Frazer Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1904 | |
| Frazer Mine | Molybdenum, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Goose | Gold, Calcium | Prospect | ||
| Highline Prospect | Copper, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | 1956 | |
| Jack Pot Prospect | Copper, Iron, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Silver Star | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Solid Gold Group | Copper, Gold | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twining | 0.2 miles | 10 | |
| Moly | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Kiowa Village | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Lobo (historical) | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Valdez | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Red River | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Arroyo Seco | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Lama | 9.4 miles | 9 |
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 Ski Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2739939 | 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 899303. 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.




