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Bernalillo, New Mexico

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2006. It stands in the Rio Rancho census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87004. It lies near CaƱon del Agua. The Survey maps it on the Bernalillo quadrangle. 8,977 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,052 feet above sea level.

Bernalillo within Sandoval County

On record in Bernalillo

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 6 records

Population over time

2 figures

Bernalillo grew from 8,320 to 8,977 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.

YearPeople Change
20108,320
20208,977+657 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Photographs

1 photograph, 2021

Taken 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.

View of the Sandia Mountains and the New Mexico desert, near Bernalillo, above Albuquerque
View of the Sandia Mountains and the New Mexico desert, near Bernalillo, above Albuquerque
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

170 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Bernalillo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 426 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use13
Smoking9
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1992Natural2.0 acresSouthern Pueblos Agencynot named
8 September 1992Smoking1.0 acresCibola National Forestnot named
5 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouthern Pueblos AgencyBACA
15 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDM
8 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyMONTOYA
6 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyTURKEY
3 August 2011Naturalunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyPIEDRA LISA
27 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBernalillo DistrictPPE 9/9 PREPO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandoval County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Bernalillo: 10 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Buckeye ClaimLead, Silver, CopperProspect
Placitas DistrictGoldPast ProducerPLACER
Coronado PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grevey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Montoya PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Pit Number 56-91-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit Number 56-92-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit Number 61-48-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sandoval County

Storms near this place

16 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bernalillo in 16 storm reports between 1999 and 2021: 8 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013Flash FloodBernalillo$250,000Drainage ditch along Carolina Drive breached creating widespread flooding in Bernalillo. Several nearby homes reported major flooding inside with one home taking up to 5 feet of water. Mud and debris from the flooding was widespread near the breach. Several cars were also reported flooded in the area. Significant damage was also reported at Sandia Pueblo due to a damaged drainage ditch.
July 2013Flash FloodBernalillo$100,000One home flooded in Bernalillo and 3 to 4 homes flooded in El Llanito. Mud and debris from the flood waters significantly impacted the area and clean up cost thousands of dollars beyond damage to structures.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindBernalillo$15,000A possible small gustnado damaged several trailer homes as the outflow from a strong thunderstorm centered 5 miles to the west moved over northern Bernalillo. A storm survey indicated damage consistent with straightline winds.
July 2018Flash FloodBernalillo$10,000Flash flooding occurred along U.S. Highway 550 between NM-528, Paseo del Volcan, and Enchanted Hills. Roads were closed in the area with a couple vehicles inundated by flood waters. One motorists was rescued from their vehicle at Paseo del Volcan in Enchanted Hills. Mud and rocks washed over several roads. Water retention berms were also damaged. Damage amounts are a rough estimate for water impacting vehicles.
July 2021Tornado (EF0)Bernalillo-A brief landspout tornado was seen near Idalia Road and Highway 528 in Rio Rancho. No damages were reported.
August 2020HailBernalillo-Hail up to the size of nickels was reported in Bernalillo as a storm moved southeast through the area.
June 2020HailBernalillo-A strong thunderstorm that moved through the Rio Rancho area produced large hail. Members of the public reported nickel size hail.
June 2020HailBernalillo-A CoCoRaHS observer near Bernalillo reported penny size hail with a strong thunderstorm that moved through the area.
July 2018HailBernalillo-Hail up to the size of nickels at Tamaya Resort.
July 2018Flash FloodBernalillo-Paseo del Volcan closed at U.S. 550 due to flooding.
September 2017HailBernalillo-Hail up to the size of slightly larger than a quarter on northwest edge of Enchanted Hills.
August 1999Flash FloodBernalillo-Flooding of Pena Blanca Arroyo reported by Sheriff.
October 2015HailBernalillo-no account filed
July 2004Funnel CloudBernalillo-no account filed
September 2002HailBernalillo-no account filed
September 2002HailBernalillo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sandoval County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Las Cocinitas (historical)0.0 miles20
Desert Mountain2.1 miles20
El Llanito2.3 miles20
El Chapparal2.3 miles20
Anasazi Trails2.3 miles20
Rivajana2.7 miles20
Chical3.2 miles20
Sandia Pueblo3.2 miles20

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 BernalilloAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q822204The 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 928691. 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.