Ponderosa

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Ponderosa

Total population

289

Elevation1832 m

Land area23.64 km²

Weather76°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates35.66°, -106.65°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ponderosa is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Ponderosa had a population of 379. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Ponderosa, NM from NOAA NWS API.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Casey Luna

American politician

J

José Rey Toledo

Jemez Pueblo painter and printmaker (1915–1994)

E

Evelyn M. Vigil

Native American artist

M

Marcella Yepa

V

Vidal Casiquito, Jr.

artist from Jémez Pueblo

M

Maxine Gachupin

Jémez Pueblo artist (born 1948)

J

Jaque Fragua

artist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in New Mexico

• Jemez Pueblo
  5.5 mi away
• Cañon
  5.6 mi away
• Jemez Springs
  8.4 mi away
• San Ysidro
  9.4 mi away
• La Cueva
  14.8 mi away
• Cochiti
  17.4 mi away
• Cochiti Lake
  17.5 mi away
• Santo Domingo Pueblo
  18.6 mi away
• Peña Blanca
  19 mi away
• San Felipe Pueblo
  20.2 mi away
• San Luis
  22 mi away
• Santa Ana Pueblo
  22.4 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Ponderosa

Product recovery of ponderosa pine in Arizona and New Mexico

Thomas D. Fahey · 1993

Warpage of studs from young growth ponderosa pine from northern New Mexico

Donald C. Markstrom · 1984

From Ponderosa to prickly pear

Jennie Crammer · 2017

Estimating past diameters of ponderosa pines in Arizona and New Mexico

Clifford A. Myers · 1963

Taper table for pole-size ponderosa pines in Arizona and New Mexico

Clifford A. Myers · 1963

Classes of ponderosa pine in New Mexico and Arizona susceptible to attack by the southwestern pine beetle and associated bark beetles

Donald A. Pierce · 1961

Ecology, management, and restoration of piñon-juniper and ponderosa pine ecosystems

Gerald J. Gottfried · 2008

Ecology, Management, and Restoration of Pinon- Juniper and Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems

United States. Department of Agriculture. National Agricultural Library. · 2015

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

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• Wildfire 4V, San Miguel, New Mexico
  Wildfires · 2026-08-29 · 133 mi
• Wildfire LAUGHLIN, Colfax, New Mexico
  Wildfires · 2026-08-25 · 137 mi
• Wildfire Post, Las Animas, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 159 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).