Sandia Pueblo, New Mexico
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2006. It stands in the Rio Rancho census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87004. It stands on Sandia Wash. The Survey maps it on the Bernalillo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1888 USGS Bernalillo quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Bernalillo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Bernalillo quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Bernalillo quadrangle1:24000
- 2006 USGS Bernalillo quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph, 2021Taken 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.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
158 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Sandia Pueblo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 479 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 73 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1992 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | not named |
| 8 September 1992 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | BACA |
| 29 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | SHADY |
| 15 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DM |
| 8 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | CASINO |
| 6 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | TURKEY |
| 16 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern Pueblos Agency | LOST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Sandia Pueblo: 9 past producers, 6 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Quava and La Madera | Beryllium, Lithium, Zirconium | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit #57-45-F | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Placitas District | Gold | Past Producer | PLACER | |
| Quartz Mine No 1 | Quartz | Unknown | ||
| Wylie Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| 9700 North Second Plant | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Esquire Claims 5-9 Plant | Pumice | Producer | ||
| A.F.Cole Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandia Pueblo in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandia Pueblo | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Sandia Pueblo | $5,000 | Water and debris significantly impacted State Road 313 near Sandia Wash a few miles north of Sandia Pueblo. |
| August 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Sandia Pueblo | - | A video shared by broadcast media shows a landspout near the Bernalillo/Sandoval County line. Location and timing are estimated based on the information provided from broadcast media. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Sandia Pueblo | - | NM 313 closed due to flooding from Tramway to the southern end of Bernalillo. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pueblo of Sandia Village | 0.1 miles | 20 | |
| Corrales | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Bernalillo | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Las Cocinitas (historical) | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Desert Mountain | 5.0 miles | 20 | |
| Rio Rancho | 5.1 miles | 21 | |
| Rio Rancho Estates | 5.2 miles | 21 | |
| Anasazi Trails | 5.2 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 928809. 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.











