THE PEÑA BLANCA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Albuquerque Basin setting.
Peña Blanca CDP has 6.89 square miles of land in Sandoval County. Its Census reference point is in Albuquerque Basin, within Arizona/New Mexico Plateau.
Plains and mesa tops alternate with steep tableland edges in this transition between deserts, grasslands and forested mountains. Local relief changes sharply even within the broader plateau setting.
Regional context: Arizona/New Mexico Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Peña Blanca and Sandoval County
Peña Blanca is associated with Sandoval County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Peña Blanca by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Peña Blanca, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.1 percentage points lower than the 0.1% recorded for Sandoval County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Peña Blanca CDP has 8.8 times the land area of nearby Cochiti CDP (0.78 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

