BlockBefore

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.

Sandia Heights within Bernalillo County

Population over time

2 figures

Sandia 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,193
20203,273+80 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

112 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural44
Recreation and ceremony24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking4
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National Forestnot named
27 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestTOWER
23 September 2011Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestSIMMS
21 September 2011Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestPINO CANYON
20 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCibola National Forest10K
15 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestNINE MILE
13 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
1 September 2020Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestCAPULIN PEAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bernalillo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
9700 North 2nd CrusherPumiceProducer
La Luz MineLead, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Gold, Barium-BariteOccurrence1887
La Quava and La MaderaBeryllium, Lithium, ZirconiumUnknown
Quartz Mine No 1QuartzUnknown
Schmidt ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-BariteOccurrenceBarite, Fluorite, Galena
IsletaSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Los Angeles Crushing OperationsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials Pit #58-127-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Rays Screening PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Darrel ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bernalillo 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
Hoffmantown5.0 miles21
Chelwood Park5.6 miles21
Vista Encantada6.1 miles21
Sandia Vista6.6 miles21
Mesa Village6.6 miles21
Sandia Park6.7 miles17
Alameda6.7 miles22
Cañoncito6.8 miles17

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 HeightsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2880808The 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.