San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Santo Domingo-San Felipe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87001. It lies near La Mesita. The Survey maps it on the San Felipe Pueblo quadrangle. 2,542 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,131 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSan Felipe Pueblo grew from 2,404 to 2,542 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 | 2,404 | |
| 2020 | 2,542 | +138 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1892 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS San Felipe Pueblo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS San Felipe Pueblo quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS San Felipe Pueblo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
154 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of San Felipe Pueblo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 637 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 4 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 burning | 100 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | FELIPE |
| 14 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | HAGEN |
| 9 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Bernalillo District | 20-60090045N |
| 6 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | HORSE FIRE |
| 6 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | SANFELIPE |
| 6 July 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | SANDOVAL |
| 6 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | ONE SMOKE |
| 5 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.2 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | BLACK MESA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of San Felipe Pueblo: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke City Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Pit Number 66-15-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit Number 67-37-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit Number 79-1-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| San Felipe Pueblo Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
9 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Felipe Pueblo in 9 storm reports between 2010 and 2018: 4 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | San Felipe Pueblo | $1,000,000 | Flash flooding between San Felipe Pueblo and Kewa Pueblo damaged a one mile stretch of tracks on the New Mexico Railrunner. A section along one bridge was completely washed away. Service was suspended until further notice for repairs. Damage amounts are estimated. |
| September 2013 | Flood | San Felipe Pueblo | $250,000 | State EOC Situation Report #10 indicated that initial flooding over the area became severe as the San Francisco Dam spillway was compromised. Water Tank Dam was full and clogged. Many village roads were damaged. Approximately 40 occupants were sheltered at the San Felipe Elementary School. |
| May 2017 | Hail | San Felipe Pueblo | $100,000 | A major hailstorm pummeled the area around San Felipe and Kewa pueblos and Interstate 25. Hail accumulated to several inches deep. Strong winds with the hail produced damage to roofs, windows, and several vehicles. Damage amounts are estimated. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | San Felipe Pueblo | $80,000 | Mud and water washed into several homes in San Felipe Pueblo. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | San Felipe Pueblo | $5,000 | One foot of mud and rocks covered portions of the San Felipe Casino gas station parking lot. A 2 feet section of the lot west of the casino was undermined exposing a large conduit. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | San Felipe Pueblo | - | Flash flooding reported at Black Mesa Casino on San Felipe Pueblo. |
| July 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | San Felipe Pueblo | - | Brief landspout tornado developed just west of Interstate 25 north of the drainage that runs through San Felipe Pueblo. No damage occurred. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Felipe Pueblo | - | Severe wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. Traffic flow was significantly impacted along Interstate 25 as visibilities were dramatically reduced. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Felipe Pueblo | - | Spotter also reported 15 to 20 minutes of pea to half inch size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algodones | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Las Colonias | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Angostura | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Santo Domingo Pueblo | 7.0 miles | 19 | |
| Ranchito | 7.3 miles | 20 | |
| Sundance Mesa | 7.4 miles | 20 | |
| Chical | 7.6 miles | 20 | |
| Coyote (historical) | 7.9 miles | 20 |
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 San Felipe Pueblo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2144001 | 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 928802. 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.








