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Tecolotito, New Mexico

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Las Vegas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87711. It stands on Tecolote Creek. The Survey maps it on the Anton Chico quadrangle. 204 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,321 feet above sea level.

Tecolotito within San Miguel County

Population over time

2 figures

Tecolotito fell from 232 to 204 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
2010232
2020204-28 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

19 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Tecolotito between 1994 and 2020, burning about 627 acres in total. 6 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
Natural6
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
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
2 September 2019Natural1.0 acresSanta Fe National ForestLADRON
10 September 2009Naturalunder an acreLas Vegas DistrictBONITA
7 August 2019Naturalunder an acreSanta Fe National ForestROMERO
25 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionZUNI
7 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined33 acresLas Vegas DistrictAPACHE SPRINGS
3 June 2011Natural1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionALAMO SLOUGH
23 June 2006Natural150 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
7 May 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresLas Vegas DistrictTECOLOTITO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Miguel County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tecolotito: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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
Herrera PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sowell RanchUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in San Miguel County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tecolotito in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 7 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024HailTecolotito-An observer at Tecolotito observed quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm.
May 2018HailTecolotito-Hail up to two inches in diameter in Tecolotito.
May 2018HailTecolotito-Hail up to three inches in diameter reported in Tecolotito. Some damage was reported in town.
May 2018Flash FloodTecolotito-Flash flooding across U.S. Highway 84 north of Dilia.
May 2018HailTecolotito-Hail up to the size of ping pong balls near Tecolotito.
May 2018HailTecolotito-Hail up to the size of quarters covering U.S. Highway 84 to a depth of one to two inches.
May 2018HailTecolotito-Dime to nickel size hail with a few as large as quarters along U.S. Highway 84.
August 2017HailTecolotito-Large hail at least the size of hen eggs reported by storm chaser south of Interstate 40 near Milagro.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Tecolotito-A long-lived supercell spawned at least one tornado on its eastward trek across San Miguel County. A confirmed touchdown was reported and photographed north of Anton Chico.

Every storm recorded in San Miguel 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 Cerrito8.6 miles15
Apache Springs9.7 miles14
Lagunita10.2 miles14
Villanueva10.9 miles15
Park Springs12.4 miles13
San Juan12.5 miles15
Chapelle12.8 miles15
Lovato12.8 miles15

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 TecolotitoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5481889The 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 911582. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.