Drinking water stations with addresses in Questa and their reported violations in the past:
QUESTA WATER SYSTEM (Population served: 1800, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JAN-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (JAN-11-2002), St Public Notif requested (JAN-11-2002), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-11-2002)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In NOV-2001, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (NOV-29-2001), St Public Notif requested (NOV-29-2001), St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-29-2001)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (AUG-26-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-26-1999)
EAGLE ROCK VILLAGE (Population served: 120, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-16-2002), St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-16-2002), St Public Notif received (OCT-08-2002)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-16-2002), St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-16-2002), St Public Notif received (OCT-08-2002)
Past monitoring violations:
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2004 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-30-2004)
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2003 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-30-2004)
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2002 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-30-2004)
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between OCT-19-1999 and SEP-25-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (SEP-25-2000)
- 5 routine major monitoring violations
Drinking water stations with addresses in Questa that have no violations reported:
- LA LAMA MDWCA (Population served: 80, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This village: |  24.3% | | Whole state: |  18.4% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This village: | 7.9% | | Whole state: | 7.8% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Questa, NM
Questa compared to New Mexico state average:
- Median household income below 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 significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Questa (2009 data):
- Centinel Bank of Taos: Questa Branch at #1 Highway 38, branch established on 1979-08-15. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $151.4 mil, Deposits: $137.6 mil, headquarters in Taos, NM, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Centinel Bank Shares, Inc.
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Taos County New Mexico:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (60%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Wood (13%)
- Electricity (1%)
- Solar energy (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
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Religon statistics for Questa
| Name | Catholic Church | Southern Baptist Convention | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Assemblies of God |
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| Adherents | 85.7% | 3.1% | 2.2% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
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| Congregations | 50.0% | 7.4% | 4.4% | 4.4% | 7.4% |
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| Name | Pentecostal Church of God | Churches of Christ | Episcopal Church | International Church of the Foursquare Gospel | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 3.0% |
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| Congregations | 2.9% | 4.4% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 16.2% |
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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 | $6,943 | $41,658 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
2 | $4,074 | $24,444 | 2 | $930 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $650 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
2 | $5,597 | $33,582 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
1 | $1,771 | $21,252 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
2 | $4,605 | $27,630 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
4 | $8,838 | $26,514 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $1,829 |
| Totals for Government |
13 | $31,828 | $29,380 | 6 | $3,409 |
Questa government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $155,000
All Other: $8,000
- Construction - General: $601,000
- Current Operations - Financial Administration: $425,000
Water Utilities: $220,000
Police Protection: $183,000
Regular Highways: $166,000
Sewerage: $156,000
General - Other: $144,000
Solid Waste Management: $120,000
Fire Protection: $49,000
Parks & Recreation: $6,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $6,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $100,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $74,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $26,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $203,000
Interest Earnings: $32,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $307,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $304,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $176,000
Highways: $134,000
All Other: $72,000
- Tax - Total General Sales: $141,000
Property: $34,000
Public Utilities: $28,000
NEC: $1,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $764,000
7.16% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($47,143 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.16% | | 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:
6.58% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,238 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.58% | | 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 Questa:
- KKOB (770 AM; 50 kW; ALBUQUERQUE, NM; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KTNN (660 AM; 50 kW; WINDOW ROCK, AZ; Owner: THE NAVAJO NATION)
- KOA (850 AM; 50 kW; DENVER, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
- KDCE (950 AM; 4 kW; ESPANOLA, NM; Owner: RICHARD L. GARCIA BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KLTT (670 AM; 50 kW; COMMERCE CITY, CO; Owner: KLZ RADIO, INC.)
- KNMX (540 AM; 5 kW; LAS VEGAS, NM; Owner: SANGRE DE CRISTO B/DCASTING CO, INC)
- KKZN (760 AM; 50 kW; THORNTON, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
- KICA (980 AM; 50 kW; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: BROADCAST ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION)
- KHAC (880 AM; 43 kW; TSE BONITO, NM; Owner: WESTERN INDIAN MINISTRIES, INC.)
- KSWV (810 AM; 5 kW; SANTA FE, NM; Owner: LA VOZ BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- KMXA (1090 AM; 50 kW; AURORA, CO; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KNZZ (1100 AM; 50 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: M B C GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KINF (1020 AM; 50 kW; ROSWELL, NM; Owner: JAMES CRYSTAL HOLDINGS OF NEW MEXICO, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Questa:
- K212EG (90.3 FM; QUESTA, NM; Owner: BD. OF EDUCATION OF ALBUQUERQUE)
- KRDR (90.1 FM; RED RIVER, NM; Owner: RED RIVER RADIO, INC.)
- K244DO (96.7 FM; ALAMOSA, ETC., CO; Owner: SAN LUIS VALLEY TELEVISION, INC.)
- KKIT (99.1 FM; ANGEL FIRE, NM; Owner: DMC BROADCASTING, INC.)
- K216CT (91.1 FM; EAGLE NEST, NM; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO)
- KTAO (101.9 FM; TAOS, NM; Owner: TAOS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- KRZA (88.7 FM; ALAMOSA, CO; Owner: EQUAL REPRESENTATION/MEDIA ADVOCACY)
- KBOM (94.7 FM; SANTA FE, NM; Owner: AGM NEVADA, LLC)
- K278AE (103.5 FM; ALAMOSA, CO; Owner: FRANK A. SHULTZ, III)
TV broadcast stations around Questa:
- K09GR (Channel 9; COLUMBINE PARK, NM; Owner: KOB-TV, LLC)
- K11GU (Channel 11; COLUMBINE PARK, NM; Owner: MOLYCORP, INC.)
Questa, New Mexico:
- Fatal accident count: 8
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 11
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 4
- Fatalities: 8
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 26
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
New Mexico average:
- Fatal accident count: 126
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 180
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 52
- Fatalities: 138
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 344
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 21
See more detailed statistics of Questa fatal accidents for 1975 - 2007 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 4
Total length: 8 meters (26ft)
Total costs: $1,527,000
Total average daily traffic: 9,108
Total average daily truck traffic: 710
Total future (year 2026) average daily traffic: 11,339
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1- (Quemado Site) On Nm 522, 11 Miles Wsw Of, Type: Tower, Structure height: 30.5 m, Call Sign: WQGM465
869.040 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 834.390 MHz, 879.390 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 845.010 MHz, 869.040 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 834.390 MHz, 879.390 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 845.010 MHz
Grant Date: 02/28/2007, Expiration Date: 02/28/2017, Certifier: Glenn S Rabin
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy, #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30009-7630, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 6- Red River Hatchery 3.5 Mi Sw, Call Sign: KUE718
Assigned Frequencies : 44.8000 MHz, 44.9200 MHz
Grant Date: 11/10/2001, Expiration Date: 02/05/2012
Registrant: State Of New Mexico, 401 Broadway Tiwa Bldg, Albuquerque, NM 87102, Phone: (505) 841-8453, Fax: (505) 841-8452, Email:
- Village Police Dept Hwy 3 N, Call Sign: KTT932
Assigned Frequencies : 155.370 MHz, 155.550 MHz
Grant Date: 10/19/2001, Expiration Date: 01/14/2012
Registrant: State Of New Mexico, 401 Broadway Tiwa Bldg, Albuquerque, NM 87102, Phone: (505) 841-8453, Fax: (505) 841-8452, Email:
- Questa Health & Medical Center, Call Sign: KXO984, Licensee ID: L00527618
Assigned Frequencies : 463.000 MHz, 463.025 MHz, 463.050 MHz, 463.075 MHz, 463.100 MHz, 463.125 MHz, 463.150 MHz, 463.175 MHz
Grant Date: 06/17/1999, Expiration Date: 08/29/2004, Cancelation Date: 10/30/2004
Registrant: Presbyterian Medical Services, Santa Fe, NM 87502, Phone: (505) 586-0315 - Questa Health & Medical Center, Call Sign: WAS680, Licensee ID: L00527618
Assigned Frequencies : 468.000 MHz, 468.025 MHz, 468.050 MHz, 468.075 MHz, 468.100 MHz, 468.125 MHz, 468.150 MHz, 468.175 MHz
Grant Date: 06/17/1999, Expiration Date: 08/29/2004, Cancelation Date: 10/30/2004
Registrant: Presbyterian Medical Services, Santa Fe, NM 87502, Phone: (505) 586-0315 - 100k Storage Tank; Liano Rd About 1.6km E Of 522, Type: Tank, Structure height: 8 m, Call Sign: WNXV360
Assigned Frequencies : 154.478 MHz
Grant Date: 08/21/2001, Expiration Date: 11/18/2011, Cancelation Date: 06/10/2004
Registrant: U.S. Filter Control Systems Inc., 1239 Willow Lake Blvd., Vadnais Heights, MN 55110, Phone: (949) 348-8510 - 100k Storage Tank; Liano Rd About 1.6km E Of 522, Type: Tank, Structure height: 8 m, Call Sign: WQCC604
Assigned Frequencies : 154.478 MHz
Grant Date: 01/31/2005, Expiration Date: 01/31/2015, Certifier: Joey A Vigil
Registrant: Business Radio Licensing, 26941 Cabot Rd #134, Laguna Hills, CA 92653, Phone: (949) 348-8510, Fax: (949) 348-8514, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 8 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Questa)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 2- Aircraft: CUEVAS ORLANDO S CHALLANGER II SPECIA (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 6168Z , Serial Number: CH21192CW0907, Year manufactured: 1993, Airworthiness Date: 04/08/1993
Registrant (Individual): Arley Iverson, Po Box 677, Questa, NM 87556 - Aircraft: MOONEY M20F (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 127 mph), Engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 9403V , Serial Number: 700022, Year manufactured: 1969, Airworthiness Date: 12/10/1969
Registrant (Individual): Charles B Jr Deans, Po Box 6007, Questa, NM 87556
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 9
- Hazardous Condition: 3
- Service Call: 3
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Questa, NM
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