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Totavi | |
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Coordinates: 35°52′28″N 106°10′47″W / 35.87444°N 106.17972°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Mexico |
County | Santa Fe |
Elevation | 5,781 ft (1,762 m) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP code | 87506 |
GNIS feature ID | 918386[1] |
Totavi is an unincorporated community in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States along New Mexico Highway 502.[1] It is the location of a Tewa Market & Fuel, operated by San Ildefonso Pueblo, the only buildings in the community.[2]
Totavi (Tewa, "quail") was founded in 1948 as a trailer park for construction workers expanding the nearby Los Alamos National Laboratory and the adjoining townsite of Los Alamos, with a post office from that date until 1953.[3][4][5]
Totavi has an elevation of 5,781 feet (1,762 m) and is located in Bayo Canyon.[1] Located nearby is the Totavi Lentil, part of the Puye Formation.