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San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Santa Fe North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87506. It stands on Pojoaque River. The Survey maps it on the Espanola quadrangle. 624 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,548 feet above sea level.

San Ildefonso Pueblo within Santa Fe County

On record in San Ildefonso Pueblo

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records

Population over time

3 figures

San Ildefonso Pueblo grew from 458 to 624 between 2000 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
2000458
2010524+66 (+14%)
2020624+100 (+19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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,

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.

Kiva, San Ildefonso Pueblo, Santa Fe County, NM
Kiva, San Ildefonso Pueblo, Santa Fe County, NM
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of San Ildefonso Pueblo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 250 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 11 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 burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
7 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyBROKEN AX
14 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyDUMP 2
6 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyELM
4 July 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorthern Pueblos Agency6 MILE
2 July 1992Smokingunder an acreAlbuquerque District OfficeSECO
16 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresNorthern Pueblos AgencyJACONA 2
16 July 2019Natural1.2 acresTaos Field OfficeARROYO
16 July 2019Naturalunder an acreTaos Field OfficeJUNIPER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Fe County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of San Ildefonso Pueblo: 6 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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
White Eagle Pumice Mine 2PumiceUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Santa Fe County

Storms near this place

14 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Ildefonso Pueblo in 14 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 7 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 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
September 2013FloodSan Ildefonso Pueblo$50,000Mudslide reported along NM 502 at Totavi gas station. Power lines also downed in the area. Significant flooding along NM 30.
July 2021Flash FloodSan Ildefonso Pueblo$10,000Trained spotters near Jaconita reported flash flooding in the area from heavy rain. The spotters' truck became stuck in the flood waters and mud flow, but no injuries were reported. Damages are estimated for water damage to the truck.
October 2017Flash FloodSan Ildefonso Pueblo$5,000County road 84 washed out in El Rancho.
September 2013FloodSan Ildefonso Pueblo$5,000Water over roadways and several bridges along NM 502 and 30. One car was stuck in the water.
September 2011Flash FloodSan Ildefonso Pueblo$2,500There was considerable amounts of mud and rocks across New Mexico State Highways 4 and 502.
August 2020HailSan Ildefonso Pueblo$2,000A CoCoRaHS observer reported one inch hail from a severe thunderstorm west of Santa Fe. The observer also reported damaged shingles from the hail. Damage amounts are a rough estimate.
September 2025Flash FloodSan Ildefonso Pueblo-Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms resulted in Dry Creek Road to County Road 84 near the Rio Pojoaque to become impassable due to water over the roadways. Additionally, the intersection at the end of NM 502 and Cities of Gold Road in Pojoaque became impassible due to 4 feet of water over the roadways.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSan Ildefonso Pueblo-A weather station near San Ildefonso Pueblo recorded a 60 mph wind gust with a severe thunderstorm.
July 2019Flash FloodSan Ildefonso Pueblo-Eastbound lanes of NM-502 were closed due to water, mud, rocks, and debris flowing over the roadway due to torrential rainfall. The closure was reduced to one lane after water receded in the area. A public weather station in nearby White Rock reported 2.21 inches of rainfall from this storm.
May 2017HailSan Ildefonso Pueblo-Quarter size hail along CR-502 near El Rancho covering the roadway.
July 2014Flash FloodSan Ildefonso Pueblo-A water rescue occurred in El Rancho from flash flooding.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindSan Ildefonso Pueblo-White Rock Los Alamos National Lab array 54.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindSan Ildefonso Pueblo-Mesonet site recorded a 58mph wind gust as an isolated cell moved from NW to the SE across the area.
July 2000Flash FloodSan Ildefonso Pueblo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Santa Fe 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
Pajarito1.0 miles19
Otowi1.7 miles19
El Rancho2.1 miles20
Jaconita3.1 miles20
Totavi3.2 miles19
Jacona4.0 miles20
Buckman4.6 miles20
Pojoaque5.1 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 San Ildefonso PuebloAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1481173The 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 933092. 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.