White Rock, New Mexico
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the White Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87547. It lies near Pajarito Canyon. The Survey maps it on the White Rock quadrangle. 5,852 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,365 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWhite Rock grew from 5,725 to 5,852 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,725 | |
| 2020 | 5,852 | +127 (+2%) |
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
- 1952 USGS White Rock quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Espanola quadrangle1:62500, 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 White Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2002 USGS White Rock quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of White Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 319 acres in total. 16 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Bandelier National Monument | CASTLERUN |
| 13 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | SACRED AREA |
| 11 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | 65 |
| 8 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Bandelier National Monument | LADDER |
| 17 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Bandelier National Monument | CAVATE |
| 13 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | PAREJO |
| 9 July 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Northern Pueblos Agency | SACREDAREA |
| 7 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Bandelier National Monument | ROUTE 4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of White Rock: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copar Guaje Canyon Mine | Pumice | Producer | Pumice | |
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Rock in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | White Rock | $10,000 | Boulders and several rock slides poured onto route 4 between White Rock and the Bandelier National Monument due to heavy rain. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Rock | - | A Los Alamos National Laboratory mesonet 5 miles south southwest of Los Alamos recorded a wind gust of 59 mph from a severe thunderstorm. |
| August 2013 | Funnel Cloud | White Rock | - | A funnel cloud developed just to the southwest of White Rock. A photo taken by Karl Maness showed a well developed funnel as viewed from the LANL Emergency Operations Center. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Alamos | 6.9 miles | 21 | |
| Upper Frijoles Crossing | 8.4 miles | 21 |
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 White Rock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2738861 | 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 912322. 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.









