Vadito, New Mexico
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Picuris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87579. It lies near Telephone Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Penasco quadrangle. 258 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,451 feet above sea level.
On record in Vadito
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
- Laureano Cordova Milllisted 1974
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Casita Martinez, State Route 75, Vaditofederal building survey, 4 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresVadito fell from 270 to 258 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 | 270 | |
| 2020 | 258 | -12 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Penasco quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Taos quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Penasco quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
2 photographs, 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
Fires near this place
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Vadito between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,101 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 5 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 | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 56 acres | Taos Field Office | US HILL |
| 2 September 2019 | Natural | 1,954 acres | Carson National Forest | AMOLE |
| 12 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | VIEW POINT |
| 9 August 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Carson National Forest | AMOLE |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LIANO |
| 7 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Cimarron District | UPPER LLANO |
| 4 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Carson National Forest | LLANO |
| 3 August 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Carson National Forest | BORREGO |
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 Vadito: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| M.I.C.A. Mine | Mica | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Taos Mill | Mica | Unknown | ||
| Tojo | Mica | Producer | ||
| Tojo Mine | Mica | Producer | 1954 | |
| U. S. Hill Mine | Mica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vadito in 1 storm report in 2021: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Vadito | $500,000 | An estimated 1.5 to 4 inches of heavy rainfall over the course of 3 hours resulted in flash flooding across the historic Picuris Pueblo. As water over topped an arroyo, flood waters rapidly entered the tribal administration building which sustained damages to the flooring. A gym, senior center, and transportation building were also hit hard by the flood waters which also all sustained various amounts of floor damage. Several grave markers in the tribal cemetery were dislodged by the flood waters. Damages to a hydrologic weir that feeds the fish hatchery pond, which houses about 5,000 fish, were also reported. No injuries or fatalities were reported, and damages are estimated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peñasco | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Rio Pueblo | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Picuris Pueblo | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Rodarte | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Rock Wall | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Rio Lucio | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Llano Largo | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Llano | 3.6 miles | 11 |
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 Vadito | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3301879 | 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 912019. 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.




