Totavi, New Mexico

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.

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.

Totavi Lentil , part of the Puye Formation .
Map of New Mexico highlighting Santa Fe County