Sandia Heights, New Mexico
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2006. It stands in the Albuquerque census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87122. It lies near Cañon de Domingo Baca. The Survey maps it on the Sandia Crest quadrangle. 3,273 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,180 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSandia Heights grew from 3,193 to 3,273 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 | 3,193 | |
| 2020 | 3,273 | +80 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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 Sandia Crest quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Sandia Crest quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Sandia Crest quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2006 USGS Sandia Crest quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Sandia Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 203 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 44 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | not named |
| 27 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | TOWER |
| 23 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | SIMMS |
| 21 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | PINO CANYON |
| 20 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | 10K |
| 15 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | NINE MILE |
| 13 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 1 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | CAPULIN PEAK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Sandia Heights: 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Beryllium, Lithium, Zirconium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9700 North 2nd Crusher | Pumice | Producer | ||
| La Luz Mine | Lead, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Gold, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | 1887 | |
| La Quava and La Madera | Beryllium, Lithium, Zirconium | Unknown | ||
| Quartz Mine No 1 | Quartz | Unknown | ||
| Schmidt Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite, Fluorite, Galena | |
| Isleta | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Los Angeles Crushing Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit #58-127-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Rays Screening Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Darrel Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffmantown | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Chelwood Park | 5.6 miles | 21 | |
| Vista Encantada | 6.1 miles | 21 | |
| Sandia Vista | 6.6 miles | 21 | |
| Mesa Village | 6.6 miles | 21 | |
| Sandia Park | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Alameda | 6.7 miles | 22 | |
| Cañoncito | 6.8 miles | 17 |
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 Sandia Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2880808 | 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 1867388. 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.









