Ponderosa Pine, New Mexico
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East Bernalillo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87059. The Survey maps it on the Escabosa quadrangle. 1,092 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,440 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPonderosa Pine fell from 1,195 to 1,092 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,195 | |
| 2020 | 1,092 | -103 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1917 USGS Estancia quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Escabosa quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Belen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Escabosa quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Escabosa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
78 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Ponderosa Pine between 1993 and 2020, burning about 337 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 29 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | CAROLINO |
| 24 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | GUADALUPE |
| 8 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | YUCCA |
| 8 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | OAK FLAT |
| 6 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | BEARSCAT |
| 5 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | not named |
| 4 August 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | FLAT |
| 30 August 2004 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Cibola National Forest | KIRTLAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Ponderosa Pine: 5 producers, 4 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Apples Co. Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Surface Pit #72-6-S and Crusher | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Unknown Name Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Uranium Claim | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Blackbird No. 2 & 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lowdermilk Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit #73-16-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Wildacres Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hattie Clay Pits | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Hattie Mine | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yrisarri | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Miera | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cedro | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Juan Tomas | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Escabosa | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Manzano Springs | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Augustine | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Chilili | 7.7 miles | 13 |
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 Ponderosa Pine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6082418 | The 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 909790. 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.







