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Notable locations in Chama: Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (A), Chama Weather Station (B), Burns-Kelly Store Historic Site (C), Dunham Log House Historic Site (D), Chama Jail House Historic Site (E), Eleanor Daggett Memorial Library (F), Foster Hotel Historic Site (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Chama include: Valley Gospel Fellowship Church (A), First Baptist Church (B), Chama Church of Christ (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Little Willow Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Parks in Chama include: Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad Historical Marker (1), Cumbres Pass Historical Marker (2), Chama Historical Marker (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Post office: Chama Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attractions: Vista Del Rio Lodge (2595 South Highway 84), Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (Tours & Charters; 500 South Terrace Avenue).
Hotels: Y Motel (2450 South Highway 84-64), Hotel & Shops (501 South Terrace Avenue), Chama River Bend Lodge (2625 South Highway 84-64), Cumbres Suites (2042 South Highway 17), Vista Del Rio Lodge (2595 South Highway 84), El Meson Lodge at Chama & Conference Center (Po Box 647), Branding Iron Motel (1511 South State Road 17), Elk Horn Lodge (2663 South Highway 84-64 Avenue), Little Creel Resort (2631 South Highway 84-64).
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Chama and their reported violations in the past:
CHAMA WATER SYSTEM (Population served: 1250, Surface_water):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-1997, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: Fed FAO issued (AUG-15-1997), St Public Notif requested (SEP-02-1997), St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-02-1997), St Public Notif received (SEP-11-1997), St Public Notif issued (SEP-30-1997)
Past monitoring violations:
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
- 2 minor monitoring violations
CHRIST IN THE DESERT MONASTERY (Population served: 52, Groundwater_under_infl_of_surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2004 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-30-2004)
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In JUN-2004, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-21-2004), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-21-2004)
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In MAY-2004, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-21-2004), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-21-2004)
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2003 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-30-2004)
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In JUN-2003, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (AUG-01-2003), St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-01-2003), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (NOV-03-2003)
- 7 routine major monitoring violations
- 3 minor monitoring violations
- 2 other older monitoring violations
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This village: | 17.9% | | Whole state: | 18.4% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This village: | 3.7% | | Whole state: | 7.8% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Chama, NM
Chama compared to New Mexico state average:
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
- House age below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Chama (2009 data):
- Bank of America, National Association: Chama Branch at 541 Terrace Avenue, branch established on 1942-02-16. Info updated 2008-11-07: Bank assets: $1,471,631.0 mil, Deposits: $954,677.6 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, 6194 total offices, Holding Company: Bank Of America Corporation
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Chama, New Mexico
- Branding Iron Motel, W Main St, Chama, NM 87520, Phone: (505) 756-2162
- Spruce Lodge, PO Box 365, Chama, NM 87520, Phone: (505) 756-2593
- Vista Del Rio Lodge, 2595 US Hwy 84164, Chama, NM 87520, Phone: (505) 756-2138
All 3 fire-safe hotels and motels in Chama, New Mexico
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Rio Arriba County New Mexico:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (81%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (8%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
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Religion statistics for Chama
| Name | Catholic Church | International Church of the Foursquare Gospel | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Assemblies of God | United Methodist Church |
| Adherents | 84.3% | 4.0% | 2.5% | 1.8% | 1.5% |
| Congregations | 53.5% | 2.3% | 3.5% | 9.3% | 5.8% |
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| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Seventh-Day Adventist Church | Reformed Church in America | Other religions |
| Adherents | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 2.1% |
| Congregations | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 1.2% | 14.0% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
2 | $4,846 | $29,076 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
3 | $7,926 | $31,704 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
1 | $1,618 | $19,416 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
2 | $5,200 | $31,200 | 0 | $0 |
| Welfare |
1 | $1,668 | $20,016 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
1 | $1,668 | $20,016 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $2,968 | $35,616 | 0 | $0 |
| Local Libraries |
2 | $7,714 | $46,284 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
1 | $2,072 | $24,864 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
14 | $35,680 | $30,583 | 0 | $0 |
Chama government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $127,000
All Other: $125,000
- Construction - Sewerage: $5,000
Regular Highways: $5,000
- Current Operations - Financial Administration: $390,000
Regular Highways: $202,000
Solid Waste Management: $113,000
Sewerage: $111,000
Water Utilities: $105,000
Libraries: $74,000
Health Services - Other: $73,000
General - Other: $68,000
Fire Protection: $34,000
Police Protection: $27,000
Parks & Recreation: $9,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $3,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $2,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $513,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $67,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $36,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $472,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $41,000
Other, NEC: $31,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $8,000
Interest Earnings: $7,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $20,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $557,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $189,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $77,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $342,000
Public Welfare: $61,000
Highways: $34,000
Health & Hospitals: $30,000
Housing & Community Development: $10,000
Education: $6,000
- Tax - Total General Sales: $249,000
Other Selective Sales: $86,000
Property: $48,000
Public Utilities: $42,000
Motor Vehicle License: $14,000
NEC: $12,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $521,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $24,000
5.22% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,475 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.22% | | New Mexico average: | 7.94% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.64% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,437 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.64% | | New Mexico average: | 7.42% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Chama:
- KKOB (770 AM; 50 kW; ALBUQUERQUE, NM; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KTNN (660 AM; 50 kW; WINDOW ROCK, AZ; Owner: THE NAVAJO NATION)
- KHAC (880 AM; 43 kW; TSE BONITO, NM; Owner: WESTERN INDIAN MINISTRIES, INC.)
- KNZZ (1100 AM; 50 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: M B C GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KOA (850 AM; 50 kW; DENVER, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
- KLTT (670 AM; 50 kW; COMMERCE CITY, CO; Owner: KLZ RADIO, INC.)
- KKZN (760 AM; 50 kW; THORNTON, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
- KMXA (1090 AM; 50 kW; AURORA, CO; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KENN (1390 AM; 10 kW; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: WINTON ROAD BROADCASTING CO, LLC)
- KDCE (950 AM; 4 kW; ESPANOLA, NM; Owner: RICHARD L. GARCIA BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KIUP (930 AM; 5 kW; DURANGO, CO; Owner: FOUR CORNERS BROADCASTING, LLC)
- KICA (980 AM; 50 kW; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: BROADCAST ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION)
- KSWV (810 AM; 5 kW; SANTA FE, NM; Owner: LA VOZ BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Chama:
- KFLH (95.9 FM; CHAMA, NM; Owner: ON TOP BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
- K244DO (96.7 FM; ALAMOSA, ETC., CO; Owner: SAN LUIS VALLEY TELEVISION, INC.)
- KCIE (90.5 FM; DULCE, NM; Owner: JICARILLA APACHE TRIBE)
- KRZA (88.7 FM; ALAMOSA, CO; Owner: EQUAL REPRESENTATION/MEDIA ADVOCACY)
- KBOM (94.7 FM; SANTA FE, NM; Owner: AGM NEVADA, LLC)
- K287AA (105.3 FM; PAGOSA SPRINGS, ETC., CO; Owner: KUTE, INC.)
- KWUF-FM (106.3 FM; PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO; Owner: WOLF CREEK BROADCASTING, LLC)
- KTAO (101.9 FM; TAOS, NM; Owner: TAOS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- K278AE (103.5 FM; ALAMOSA, CO; Owner: FRANK A. SHULTZ, III)
TV broadcast stations around Chama:
- K34FD (Channel 34; CHAMA, ETC., NM; Owner: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO)
- K09KJ (Channel 9; TIERRA AMARILLA, ETC, NM; Owner: KOB-TV, LLC)
- K44DD (Channel 44; CHAMA, NM; Owner: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION)
- K36EU (Channel 36; TIERRA AMARILLA, NM; Owner: KOAT HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.)
Chama fatal accident list:
Jul 22, 1997 07:45 AM, 64-84, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Oct 19, 1997 10:30 AM, 17, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Sep 20, 1987 09:02 AM, 17, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1- Rabbit Peak, Type: Pole, Structure height: 17.8 m, Call Sign: WPRS845
880.020 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 891.510 MHz, 846.510 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 880.020 MHz, 880.020 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 891.510 MHz, 846.510 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 880.020 MHz Grant Date: 01/18/2001, Expiration Date: 01/18/2011, Certifier: Louis Tomasetti
Registrant: Rini Coran, 1615 L Street, Nw, Suite 1325, Washington, DC 20036, Phone: (202) 955-5516, Fax: (202) 223-2014, Email:
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Chama, NM)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 16 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 3- RABBIT PEAK, 2.13 Km Sw, Type: Mast, Structure height: 18.3 m, Call Sign: WPTS763
Assigned Frequencies : 6226.89 MHz Grant Date: 12/07/2001, Expiration Date: 12/07/2011, Certifier: Jim Gordon
Registrant: State Of New Mexico, 401 Broadway Tiwa Bldg, Albuquerque, NM 87102, Phone: (505) 841-8453, Fax: (505) 841-8452, Email:
- STATION, Rabbit Peak 1 Mile W, Overall height: 12.2 m, Call Sign: WBV232
Assigned Frequencies : 2148.40 MHz Grant Date: 06/15/1999, Expiration Date: 09/22/2009
Registrant: State Of New Mexico, 401 Broadway Tiwa Bldg, Albuquerque, NM 87102, Phone: (505) 841-8453, Fax: (505) 841-8452, Email:
- CHAMA, 2 Mi S Of, Overall height: 9.1 m, Call Sign: WDE52
Assigned Frequencies : 5974.80 MHz, 6093.50 MHz Grant Date: 03/13/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Certifier: William Ojile
Registrant: Windstream Communications, Inc., 1101 17th Street, Nw, Suite 802, Washington, DC 20036, Phone: (202) 223-7664, Fax: (202) 223-7669, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 7- Call Sign: N5MGD, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01105997
Grant Date: 02/05/2008, Expiration Date: 04/23/2018, Certifier: Thomas A Shuman
Registrant: Thomas A Shuman, Chama, NM 87520 - Call Sign: N5XDH, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00385070
Grant Date: 08/01/2001, Expiration Date: 10/29/2011, Certifier: Ruben Vialpando
Registrant: Ruben Vialpando, Chama, NM 87520 - Call Sign: N7JOP, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00204839
Grant Date: 08/30/2005, Expiration Date: 11/10/2015
Registrant: Michael R Forbes, 350 N. Pine, Chama, NM 87520 - Call Sign: W5UBD, Previous Call Sign: N5VWO, Licensee ID: L01318588
Grant Date: 08/30/2007, Expiration Date: 05/20/2017
Registrant: Reynaldo L Chavez, Hc 75 Box 113, Chama, NM 87520 - Call Sign: KE5RBF, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01332606
Grant Date: 10/16/2007, Expiration Date: 10/16/2017, Certifier: Robert C Andersen
Registrant: Robert C Andersen, Hc75 Box 2509, Chama, NM 87520 - Call Sign: KE5RBG, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01332608
Grant Date: 10/16/2007, Expiration Date: 10/16/2017, Certifier: Christopher J Andersen
Registrant: Christopher J Andersen, Hc75 Box 2509, Chama, NM 87520 - Call Sign: KF5AAG, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01476875
Grant Date: 03/23/2009, Expiration Date: 03/23/2019, Certifier: Joseph J Piuma
Registrant: Joseph J Piuma, Chama, NM 87520
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 2- Aircraft: CESSNA 411 (Fixed wing multi engine, Category: Land, Engines: 2, Seats: 8, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 198 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520-C (340 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 295PH , Serial Number: 411-0084, Year manufactured: 1965, Airworthiness Date: 03/01/1971
Registrant (Individual): Jean Ann Selman, Po Box 568, Chama, NM 87520 - Aircraft: SANFORD CHARLES R RV-6 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: Reciprocating
N-Number: 74AD , Serial Number: 1
Registrant (Individual): Charles R Sanford, Hc75 Lot 49, Chama, NM 87520
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