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Sandia Park, 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 lies near Cienega Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sandia Park quadrangle. 265 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,077 feet above sea level.

Sandia Park within Bernalillo County

Population over time

2 figures

Sandia Park grew from 237 to 265 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
2010237
2020265+28 (+12%)

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

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Sandia Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 7 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
Natural46
Recreation and ceremony46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism7
Fireworks7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCibola National Forestnot named
21 September 2011Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestPINO CANYON
17 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCibola National ForestBALSAM TRAIL
15 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestDOC
15 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCibola National ForestNINE MILE
1 September 2020Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestCAPULIN PEAK
7 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestSKI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bernalillo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Sandia Park: 9 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Barium-Barite. 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
Blue Sky ProspectCopper, Lead, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1912
Capulin Peak MineBarium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1925
Capulin ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-BariteProspect
Carbonatite DepositCobaltUnknown
Darrel ProspectLead, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1915
Gypsum PitGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Mohawk ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-Barite, CopperOccurrenceBarite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite
Sandia Vista PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Adobe Enterprises, Inc.ClayProducerSedimentary
Capulin Peak ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-BariteOccurrence1925

Every working recorded in Bernalillo County

Storms near this place

34 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandia Park in 34 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 30 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 dust devil. 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 2025Flash FloodSandia Park$25,000A NWS Employee reported flash flooding stretching from San Pedro Creek at NM 14 where the creek was out of its banks. Numerous spots along NM 14 between Cedar Crest and the county line were flooded with rocks and debris over the road, with the worst of it at Ponderosa Park near Lantern Ridge. A USGS gage along the Tijeras Arroyo also observed a nine foot spike to 10 feet, coupled with a report of the arroyo overtopping Via Sedillo Road by two feet. The road was nearly impassible due to large rocks covering the roadway. Damage is an estimate.
July 2025HailSandia Park$20,000A spotter observed nickel size hail accumulations of 6 to 8 inches deep from a severe thunderstorm. The hail resulted in widespread damage to vegetation, homes, and vehicles.
June 2017HailSandia Park$1,000Hail up to the size of half dollars. Hail produced damage to fiberglass paneling of a barn.
April 2026Dust DevilSandia Park-A traveler driving along I-25 in the San Felipe Pueblo area observed a large and intense dust devil.
May 2025HailSandia Park-Penny to quarter size hail in the East Mountain Communities.
June 2025HailSandia Park-Several observers in Sandia Park observed hail ranging from 1/2 inch to half dollar size in Sandia Park along NM 14 from a severe thunderstorm.
June 2025HailSandia Park-CoCoRaHS observers a few miles north of I-40 at Sedillo observed dime to nickel size hail from a strong to severe thunderstorm.
July 2025HailSandia Park-A CoCoRaHS observer a few miles east southeast of Sandia Park observed hail up to quarter size in diameter from a severe thunderstorm. The hail resulted in some minor leaf damage.
July 2025HailSandia Park-Nickel to quarter size hail was observed at Sandia Park from a severe thunderstorm.
July 2025HailSandia Park-Penny to quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm was observed a few miles east of Sandia Park.
September 2025HailSandia Park-Quarter size hail reported by a former NWS Employee.
September 2024HailSandia Park-A strong thunderstorm produced penny size hail at Sandia Park.
June 2019HailSandia Park-Hail up to the size of quarters accumulated on the ground.
June 2019HailSandia Park-Penny size hail a few miles east of Sandia Park.
June 2017HailSandia Park-Hail up to the size of quarters.
July 2017HailSandia Park-Hail up to the size of pennies.
July 2017HailSandia Park-Hail up to the size of nickels along with intense cloud to ground lightning.
June 2015HailSandia Park-NWS Employee reported pea to nickel sized hail near Sandia Park.
June 2015HailSandia Park-CoCoRaHS report of quarter size hail that lasted 6 minutes.
August 2013HailSandia Park-NWS employee reported large hail at Frost Rd. and Highway 14 in Sandia Park.
August 2013Flash FloodSandia Park-Highway 14 and Frost Rd. in near Sandia Park.
July 2012HailSandia Park-Penny size hail 4.6 miles east of Sandia Park.
October 2010HailSandia Park-Back yard was covered in hail.
August 2013HailSandia Park-no account filed
August 2013HailSandia Park-no account filed
August 2013HailSandia Park-no account filed
August 2013HailSandia Park-no account filed
August 2012Funnel CloudSandia Park-no account filed
October 2010HailSandia Park-no account filed
October 2010HailSandia Park-no account filed
October 2010HailSandia Park-no account filed
June 2008HailSandia Park-no account filed
October 2004HailSandia Park-no account filed
July 1996HailSandia Park-no account filed

Every storm 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
San Antonito1.0 miles17
Pinon Ridge Estates1.4 miles17
Cañoncito2.2 miles17
Sandia Knolls2.9 miles17
Sierra Vista Estates2.9 miles17
Paa-Ko3.1 miles17
Forest Park3.6 miles18
El Refugio3.8 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 ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2220811The 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 910747. 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.