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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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Santa Clara Pueblo within Rio Arriba County

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.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

3 figures

Santa 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.

YearPeople Change
2000980
20101,018+38 (+4%)
2020930-88 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

209 since 1992

Regional 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 burning71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Arson/incendiarism39
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony8
Fireworks7
Smoking7
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyBROKEN AX
16 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyPOVI
1 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLA PUEBLA
1 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyLUCERO
9 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern Pueblos Agency107 FIRE
7 July 2020Fireworksunder an acreBernalillo District21-60150043X
7 July 1993Debris and open burning4.0 acresNorthern Pueblos AgencyMCCURDY
6 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern Pueblos AgencyLOPEZ

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rio Arriba County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
RogersUraniumOccurrence
San Jose No 13 ClaimUraniumUnknown
Bartholomew - Sanchez Grant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
LowdermilkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit No. 59-60-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Materials Pit No. 59-62-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Rio Arriba County

Storms near this place

9 since 2000

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2013Flash FloodSanta Clara Pueblo$500,000Water 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 2013Flash FloodSanta Clara Pueblo$250,000Flash 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 2022Flash FloodSanta 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 2012Flash FloodSanta 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 2012Flash FloodSanta Clara Pueblo-A nearly eight foot surge of water was reported near the intersection of Indian Roads 601 and 602 junction.
August 2011Flash FloodSanta Clara Pueblo-Highway 30 near Santa Clara Pueblo was temporarily closed due to flash flooding.
August 2006Flash FloodSanta 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 2024HailSanta Clara Pueblo-no account filed
July 2000Flash FloodSanta Clara Pueblo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rio Arriba 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
Santa Clara0.3 miles20
Guachupangue1.2 miles20
La Mesilla1.5 miles20
Española1.8 miles20
San Pedro1.9 miles20
Riverside2.2 miles20
El Guacho2.8 miles15
Santo Niño2.9 miles15

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 PuebloAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1554220The 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.