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Truchas, New Mexico

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Chimayo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87578. It stands on Cañada Honda. The Survey maps it on the Truchas quadrangle. 467 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 8,051 feet above sea level.

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Truchas within Rio Arriba County

Population over time

2 figures

Truchas fell from 560 to 467 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
2010560
2020467-93 (-17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

Photographs

8 of 11 photographs shown, 1943 to 2021

Taken 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.

Truchas, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Truchas, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Valley and mountain view near the community of Truchas, about halfway along what's called the "High Road," a winding route through the Sangre de Cristo mountains to and from the New Mexico capital city of Santa Fe and the art and shopping mecca of Taos
Valley and mountain view near the community of Truchas, about halfway along what's called the "High Road," a winding route through the Sangre de Cristo mountains to and from the New Mexico capital city of Santa Fe and the art and shopping mecca of Taos
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress
Mountain view near the community of Truchas, about halfway along what's called the "High Road," a winding route through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to and from the New Mexico capital city of Santa Fe and the art and shopping mecca of Taos
Mountain view near the community of Truchas, about halfway along what's called the "High Road," a winding route through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to and from the New Mexico capital city of Santa Fe and the art and shopping mecca of Taos
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress
Church doorway in the community of Truchas, about halfway along what's called the "High Road," a winding route through the Sangre de Cristo mountains to and from the New Mexico capital city of Santa Fe and the art and shopping mecca of Taos
Church doorway in the community of Truchas, about halfway along what's called the "High Road," a winding route through the Sangre de Cristo mountains to and from the New Mexico capital city of Santa Fe and the art and shopping mecca of Taos
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress
Truchas, New Mexico. The Penitente cross
Truchas, New Mexico. The Penitente cross
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Truchas, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Truchas, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Truchas, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Truchas, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Truchas, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Truchas, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Rio Arriba County

Fires near this place

48 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Truchas between 1994 and 2020, burning about 507 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 10 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
Natural21
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
3 September 2009Natural2.3 acresCarson National ForestCONCRETE
12 September 1997Natural1.5 acresSanta Fe National ForestCHICO
7 August 2012Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestOSO 2012
4 August 1994Natural1.0 acresCarson National Forestnot named
3 August 2005Naturalunder an acreCarson National ForestMAEZ
29 August 2001Natural50 acresCarson National ForestHORSESHOE
29 August 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSanta Fe National ForestTHIRD
28 August 2012Natural2.0 acresCarson National ForestCANADA DE LOS ALAMOS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Truchas: 6 past producers, 6 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Beryllium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Beryllium, Mica. 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
Rocking Chair MineBeryllium, MicaPast Producer1955
Rocking Chair Nos. 1 and 2Beryllium, CalciumProspect
FidelBerylliumPast Producer
Materials Pit No. 64-65-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 64-66-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Santa Rita Beryl ProspectBerylliumProspect
B.A.T. Claims MineMicaPast Producer1955, 1956, 1964
El Fidel Beryl DepositMicaPast Producer1957, 1958
Fidel MineMicaProspect
Green Rock MineMicaPast Producer1955, 1956

Every working recorded in Rio Arriba County

Storms near this place

1 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Truchas in 1 storm report in 2002: 1 wildfire. 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
May 2002WildfireTruchas-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rio Arriba 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
Cordova3.6 miles13
Ojo Sarco5.6 miles13
Los Pachecos6.9 miles12
Chimayo7.7 miles12
La Cuestecita8.3 miles12
Cañoncito9.5 miles12
Montecito10.4 miles12
Apodaca11.0 miles12

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 TruchasAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3472814The 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 911830. 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.