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Sandia Knolls, New Mexico

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the East Bernalillo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87047. It stands on Frost Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Sandia Park quadrangle. 1,252 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,820 feet above sea level.

Sandia Knolls within Bernalillo County

Population over time

2 figures

Sandia Knolls grew from 1,208 to 1,252 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
20101,208
20201,252+44 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Sandia Knolls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 150 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Natural12
Fireworks7
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Smoking1

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 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestDOC LONG
26 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Division5 HILLS
15 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestDOC
4 August 2002Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestWALKER
28 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestKIWANIS 2
21 August 2011Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSTORM
21 August 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestCIENAGA
2 August 2019Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestARMIJO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bernalillo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Sandia Knolls: 9 unknowns, 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Carbonatite DepositCobaltUnknown
Gypsum PitGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Materials Pit 58-9-SLimestone, DimensionProducer
Mohawk ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-Barite, CopperOccurrenceBarite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite
Crusher PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sandia Vista PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Aragon & Little ProspectFluorine-FluoriteUnknown
Blue SkyFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Materials Pit #57-26-SStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

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
Magic Valley1.4 miles17
San Antonito1.9 miles17
Frost (historical)2.0 miles17
Paa-Ko2.2 miles17
Pinon Ridge Estates2.5 miles17
Dennis Chaves Estates2.9 miles18
Sandia Park2.9 miles17
Los Pinos3.3 miles18

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 KnollsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6119915The 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 929164. 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.