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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Population over time
2 figuresTruchas 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 560 | |
| 2020 | 467 | -93 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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 Truchas quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Taos quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Truchas quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
8 of 11 photographs shown, 1943 to 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.
Collier, John, Jr, 1943. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. 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 Rio Arriba County
Fires near this place
48 since 1994Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2009 | Natural | 2.3 acres | Carson National Forest | CONCRETE |
| 12 September 1997 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | CHICO |
| 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 |
| 29 August 2001 | Natural | 50 acres | Carson National Forest | HORSESHOE |
| 29 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | THIRD |
| 28 August 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Carson National Forest | CANADA DE LOS ALAMOS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocking Chair Mine | Beryllium, Mica | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Rocking Chair Nos. 1 and 2 | Beryllium, Calcium | Prospect | ||
| Fidel | Beryllium | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit No. 64-65-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 64-66-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Santa Rita Beryl Prospect | Beryllium | Prospect | ||
| B.A.T. Claims Mine | Mica | Past Producer | 1955, 1956, 1964 | |
| El Fidel Beryl Deposit | Mica | Past Producer | 1957, 1958 | |
| Fidel Mine | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Green Rock Mine | Mica | Past Producer | 1955, 1956 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2002 | Wildfire | Truchas | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordova | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Ojo Sarco | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Los Pachecos | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Chimayo | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| La Cuestecita | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Cañoncito | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| Montecito | 10.4 miles | 12 | |
| Apodaca | 11.0 miles | 12 |
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 Truchas | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3472814 | 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 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.




