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Corrales, New Mexico

22 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 87048. The Survey maps it on the Alameda quadrangle. 8,493 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,023 feet above sea level.

Corrales within Sandoval County

On record in Corrales

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Corrales grew from 8,329 to 8,493 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
20108,329
20208,493+164 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 22 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.

Fires near this place

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Corrales between 1992 and 2019, burning about 333 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined73
Debris and open burning32
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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
29 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencySHADY
15 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDM
8 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyCASINO
6 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyTURKEY
16 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyLOST
16 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Pueblos AgencyARAGON
15 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionDENNIS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandoval County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Corrales: 7 unknowns, 7 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Stone, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Crushing & Milling Sect.Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Materials Pit #57-45-FClayUnknown
Quartz Mine No 1QuartzUnknown
Wylie PitStoneProducer
9700 North Second PlantPumiceUnknown
Esquire Claims 5-9 PlantPumiceProducer
A.F.Cole PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Sandoval County

Storms near this place

14 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corrales in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 hail. 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 FloodCorrales$500,000Emergency Manager as well as local media reported that the entire city of Corrales was flooded due to heavy rains. Several businesses were flooded as well as numerous cars and neighborhoods. Many roads were also washed out. Trees were downed due to the wind and many traffic lights were out. Rainfall reports of up to nearly 3 inches of rain were reported in association with this storm. Residents were still cleaning up the damage throughout the following weekend.
August 2014Flash FloodCorrales$250,000Reports from local volunteer observers in the area reported rainfall amounts as high as 0.94 inches in less than one-half hour, with additional rainfall after the main storm. The Corrales Fire Department responded to numerous reports of flooding. Several homes and businesses were inundated with mud and water. A couple of cars were nearly half submerged by water and debris. Trees were also downed from flooding. A preliminary storm survey by local emergency management officials indicated between 15 and 20 roads were damaged and/or completely destroyed, many of which were paved. A couple residents were isolated from the village and could not travel from the area for several hours due to the flooding. Mail delivery services were temporarily suspended in some areas of Corrales because of road damage.
December 2007Thunderstorm WindCorrales$100,000A squall line moved through Corrales causing tree and structural damage. Several homes suffered roof, window or gutter damage. Roofs were blown off sheds and one metal shed was blown over completely. Several small evergreen trees were blown over and uprooted while a few cottonwood trees had large limbs broken.
October 2008Flash FloodCorrales$40,000Very heavy rain from thunderstorms washed out several roads in Rio Rancho.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindCorrales$500Strong wind gusts from showers resulted in a downed tree on a property fence in an alleyway on Hollywood Road off of Loma Larga Road.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindCorrales-Strong wind gusts from showers resulted in a down tree on the north end of Corrales Road near Mountain View Road.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindCorrales-Small to medium sized branches down on a ditch dirt road between Ranchitos Road and Coronado Road due to strong winds from showers in the area.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindCorrales-Strong wind gusts from showers resulted in downed branches along Mariquita Road in Corrales.
October 2024Thunderstorm WindCorrales-A 62 mph wind gust was observed in Rio Rancho, possibly from nearby showers.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindCorrales-Public weather station at State Road 528 and Northern Boulevard reported a peak wind gust to 60 mph.
October 2015HailCorrales-no account filed
August 2006Flash FloodCorrales-no account filed
October 2004HailCorrales-no account filed
September 1995HailCorrales-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
Pueblo of Sandia Village2.1 miles20
Sandia Pueblo2.2 miles20
Rio Rancho3.1 miles21
Rio Rancho Estates3.2 miles21
Bernalillo5.2 miles20
Las Cocinitas (historical)5.2 miles20
Desert Mountain7.2 miles20
Anasazi Trails7.4 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 CorralesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1135270The 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 905378. 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.