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Frijoles, New Mexico

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Santo Domingo-San Felipe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87544. It lies near Corral Hill. The Survey maps it on the Frijoles quadrangle.

Frijoles within Sandoval County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Frijoles between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,222 acres in total. 72 started naturally. None was 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
Natural72
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBandelier National MonumentOSIFRIDAY
7 September 2006Naturalunder an acreBandelier National MonumentMONSOON
30 September 2014Naturalunder an acreBandelier National MonumentFRIJOLITO
1 September 1992Naturalunder an acreBandelier National MonumentSADDLE
7 August 1993Naturalunder an acreBandelier National MonumentBLACK
6 August 1995Naturalunder an acreBandelier National MonumentFORK
6 August 1993Naturalunder an acreBandelier National MonumentMESA
5 August 1995Naturalunder an acreBandelier National MonumentTRICK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandoval County

Storms near this place

19 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frijoles in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 12 flash flood, 5 hail, 1 wildfire, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2011Flash FloodFrijoles$3,750,000Major flash flooding ensued after an estimated 3 to 4 inches of rain fell across the southern portion of the Las Conchas burn scar. Flooding in Frijoles Creek caused damage in and around Bandelier National Monument. Two barrier walls around the Visitors Center were overtopped and the septic system lift station was inundated with water. Major flooding was also reported in Peralta Canyon around Kasha Katuwe (Tent Rocks) National Monument. Damage was reported to the access road as well as other local roads. ||Along and downstream of Cochiti Canyon sustained the most damage from flood waters. Flows were reported to be 8 to 10 feet high when they reached Dixon's Apple Orchard. The flood waters damaged the owners personal residence, inundated the main storage facility with 10 feet of mud and debris, moved a semi truck approximately 200 yards and destroyed approximately 10 percent of the apple orchard. The water also wiped out a 50 yard long 4 foot by 4 foot rock retaining wall that was built in 1942.
September 2013Flash FloodFrijoles$500,000Worst flash flood event ever recorded at Bandelier National Monument as the creek near the visitor center crested to 11 feet at 830am. Several points of infrastructure were damaged. The entrance road to the park was undermined and nearly destroyed.
September 2024Flash FloodFrijoles$20,000Damage reported throughout Bandelier National Monument from significant flash flooding. All trails on the property were closed except for one within the official park boundaries.
July 2015Flash FloodFrijoles$20,000Several foot bridges were washed away within Frijoles Canyon as the creek overflowed it's banks. Water did not make it into the parking lot at the visitor center. Rain gage reports averaged between 1 and 2 inches within the canyon.
July 2012Flash FloodFrijoles$10,000Several foot bridges washed out at Bandelier National Monument and two people stranded within Frijoles Canyon.
July 2014Flash FloodFrijoles$5,000Emergency Manager reported dangerous flows overtopped the intersection of Indian Service Route 601 and 602 on Santa Clara Pueblo. Access to the creek was blocked by authorities.
August 2007Flash FloodFrijoles$500no account filed
June 2020HailFrijoles-Penny to nickel size hail fell with a strong thunderstorm that moved near Frijoles. Hail accumulated along New Mexico State Road 4 from Los Alamos to Valles Caldera.
June 2015HailFrijoles-Storm chaser reported lots of hail covering the ground with the largest stone around half dollar size.
June 2015HailFrijoles-Twitter picture showed dime to quarter size hail that fell in the Valles Caldera National Preserve.
July 2014Flash FloodFrijoles-Wall of water 4.5 feet surged down Frijoles Canyon within Bandelier.
July 2014Flash FloodFrijoles-Six feet of water was reported to be flowing through the channel and over a footbridge at Bandelier National Monument. The water was out of its banks but not all the way to the parking area.
August 2014Flash FloodFrijoles-Water rose 5 to 6 feet in the Frijoles Creek at the Bandalier National Monument Visitors Center.
July 2013Flash FloodFrijoles-Rainfall rate of nearly 6 inches per hour over the Deer Pond gage produced 2.74 inches of rain in less than 30 minutes. This heavy rainfall produced a nearly 10 foot flood wave on Santa Clara Creek.
July 2013Flash FloodFrijoles-Bland and Peralta Canyons flooded across low water crossings and was described as a flash flood situation by Cochiti Pueblo emergency management. Water came up to Cochiti highway but did not top it. Bandelier National Monument also received flooding Thursday night into Friday morning with mud and debris being deposited across parking lots and bridges in the area. The Monument had to stay closed Friday due to continued clean up efforts.
July 2009HailFrijoles-The hail was reported at the Bandelier National Monument.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindFrijoles-no account filed
May 2008HailFrijoles-no account filed
April 1996WildfireFrijoles-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
Pines8.8 miles21
Cochiti Lake9.7 miles21
Bland10.4 miles21
Cochiti12.5 miles19
Cochiti Pueblo12.5 miles19
Peña Blanca14.8 miles19
Sile15.7 miles19
Sierra de los Pinos17.1 miles25

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.

Wikidata item Q122563256The 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 938814. 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.

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.