Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Santa Clara Pueblo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87532. It lies near Santa Clara Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Espanola quadrangle. 930 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,607 feet above sea level.
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On record in Santa Clara Pueblo
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Santa Clara Pueblolisted 1974 · 0.2 miles away
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Pueblo of Santa Clara, Central Portion, State Road 30 Vicinity, Espanola Vicinity, Santa Clara Pueblofederal building survey, 4 photographs
Population over time
3 figuresSanta Clara Pueblo fell from 980 to 930 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 980 | |
| 2010 | 1,018 | +38 (+4%) |
| 2020 | 930 | -88 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1892 USGS Santa Clara quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Espanola quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Espanola quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Los Alamos quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Espanola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2002 USGS Espanola quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
209 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Santa Clara Pueblo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 890 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 39 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 71 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | BROKEN AX |
| 16 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | POVI |
| 1 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LA PUEBLA |
| 1 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | LUCERO |
| 9 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | 107 FIRE |
| 7 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Bernalillo District | 21-60150043X |
| 7 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Northern Pueblos Agency | MCCURDY |
| 6 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | LOPEZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Santa Clara Pueblo: 2 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| San Jose No 13 Claim | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Bartholomew - Sanchez Grant Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lowdermilk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit No. 59-60-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 59-62-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
Storms near this place
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santa Clara Pueblo in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 8 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Santa Clara Pueblo | $500,000 | Water flowing over NM 30 around mile marker 7. Thirteen homes were flooded in Santa Clara Pueblo including a health center. Flooding debris reported over numerous roads in the pueblo. A public walk way and skate park damaged due to erosion. A total of 79 structures were damaged in this multi-day event. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Santa Clara Pueblo | $250,000 | Flash flooding was observed over several roadways in Santa Clara Canyon including 601 and 602. Flash flood wave made it to the NM 30 bridge with no damage apparent. However, significant damage occurred to several reservation roads, culverts, diversion structures, and trees through the canyon. A storage building was engulfed in several feet of mud. The Santa Clara Pueblo received a Presidential Disaster Declaration for this event. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Santa Clara Pueblo | - | Heavy rain near Santa Clara Pueblo caused the Santa Clara Creek to overflow its banks and cause flash flooding in the area. No damage was reported. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Santa Clara Pueblo | - | The Sawyer alert stream gage recorded an 8 ft surge of water and debris flowing down the upper portions of Santa Clara Canyon. Voluntary evacuations were ordered for the Pueblo. |
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Santa Clara Pueblo | - | A nearly eight foot surge of water was reported near the intersection of Indian Roads 601 and 602 junction. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Santa Clara Pueblo | - | Highway 30 near Santa Clara Pueblo was temporarily closed due to flash flooding. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Santa Clara Pueblo | - | Heavy rain estimated at 3 to 4 inches in two hours washed out tribal roads in Santa Clara Canyon north of Los Alamos. |
| September 2024 | Hail | Santa Clara Pueblo | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Santa Clara Pueblo | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara | 0.3 miles | 20 | |
| Guachupangue | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| La Mesilla | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Española | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| San Pedro | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Riverside | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| El Guacho | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Santo Niño | 2.9 miles | 15 |
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 Santa Clara Pueblo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1554220 | 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 928813. 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.









