Trampas, New Mexico
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Peñasco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87521. The Survey maps it on the Trampas quadrangle. It stands 7,425 feet above sea level.
On record in Trampas
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
San Jose de Gracia ChurchNational Historic Landmark · listed 1970 · 0.0 miles away
Las Trampas Historic DistrictNational Historic Landmark · listed 1967 · 0.3 miles away
Surveyed buildings and structures 4 records
- Atencio House, Trampasfederal building survey, 8 photographs
- Jose de Cruz House, Trampasfederal building survey, 7 photographs
- Las Trampas Canoa, Near New Mexico Highway 76, Trampasfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- San Jose de Gracia Church, Trampasfederal building survey, 14 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Trampas quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Taos quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Trampas quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
8 of 9 photographs shown, 1943Taken 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.
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Taos County
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Trampas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 447 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2009 | Natural | 2.3 acres | Carson National Forest | CONCRETE |
| 17 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carson National Forest | not named |
| 9 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | OJITO |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LIANO |
| 7 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Cimarron District | UPPER LLANO |
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | OSO 2012 |
| 4 August 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Carson National Forest | not named |
| 3 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | MAEZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Trampas: 6 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Beryllium, Lithium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Calcium, Beryllium, Tantalum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harding Pegmatite | Beryllium, Lithium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Calcium | Past Producer | 1919, 1958 | |
| Harding Pegmatite | Tin, Tantalum, Lithium, Beryllium | Past Producer | 1900, 1920 | |
| Harding Pegmatite Ext. | Beryllium, Tantalum | Occurrence | ||
| Owen-Roybal Group | Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum | Past Producer | 1957 | |
| Owens-Roybal Group | Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium) | Past Producer | ||
| Theodore Glass Property | Beryllium, Mica | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit No. 64-65-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
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 Trampas | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3473108 | 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 911790. 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.




