Tesuque, New Mexico
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Santa Fe North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87506. It stands on Tesuque Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tesuque quadrangle. 1,094 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,759 feet above sea level.
On record in Tesuque
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 1 record
- Albert Schmidt House and Studiolisted 2003
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Pueblo of Tesuque, Central Portion, Tesuque River vicinity, Tesuquefederal building survey, 9 photographs
Population over time
3 figuresTesuque grew from 909 to 1,094 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 909 | |
| 2010 | 925 | +16 (+2%) |
| 2020 | 1,094 | +169 (+18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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.
- 1889 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Tesuque quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Tesuque quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph, 2021Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Tesuque between 1992 and 2020, burning about 350 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | LITTLE TESUQUE |
| 2 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
| 1 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BROTHERS |
| 8 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | SKI HIL FIRE |
| 10 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | GABALDON |
| 8 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WOODCUTTER |
| 7 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PALMOOD |
| 6 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | GABALDON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tesuque: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosack Mining Co | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Santa Fe Manganese District | Manganese | Past Producer | 1917 |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tesuque in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Tesuque | $150,000 | Heavy rain in the Tesuque and Chupadero areas resulted in flash flooding. North-northwest of Tesuque, an arroyo overflowed its banks and flooded a backyard near the intersection of Tesuque Village Road and Highway 592. Flash flooding and mud flow also trapped 15 cars in a Tesuque market. Near Chupadero, the emergency manager reported that water over Rio En Medio Road in six locations along roadway. Damages are estimated. |
| July 2010 | Lightning | Tesuque | $15,000 | Lightning struck the satellite dish on top of a home southwest of Tesuque. The current traveled down a PVC pipe into the house and blew out a 1 by 2 foot area of sheet rock. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Tesuque | $10,000 | Over 1 foot of mud and rocks washed over roadways in Tesuque around the Village Market and Elementary School. Public works crews spent multiple hours removing mud and rocks with several dump trucks. One car was stranded in the mud. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Tesuque | - | Pea to nickel size hail near Tesuque. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Tesuque | - | Nickel size hail at the Santa Fe Opera. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Tesuque | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Tesuque | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Flash Flood | Tesuque | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tano Road | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Tesuque Pueblo | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Chupadero | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Rio En Medio | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| En Medio | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Santa Fe | 5.2 miles | 23 | |
| Las Dos | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Analco (historical) | 5.4 miles | 23 |
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 Tesuque | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2141414 | 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 918382. 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.






