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[lollius]

I searched in the wiki for damp red sand wall but found nothing

[Askot Bokbondeler]

damp indicates water. warm indicates magma.

[KillerClowns]

Careful: if you break through a damp red sand wall, you risk encountering hydroxic acid.  If your dwarves get too much of the stuff in their lungs, Fun will happen.
 

[smjjames]

Lol@ Summary.

Anyways, check and see if there is a murky pool, river, brook, or any other body of water on the level above, which is a common cause, if not, then you've got an aquifer.

[Lord Dakoth]

You will never see naturally occurring magma in a sedimentary layer (silt, clay, sand, ect.) Unless you have a magma pipe or volcano on your map (which is very unlikely) you don't need to worry about magma until you go at LEAST 50 z-levels down. (Usually more, like 100-200. Depends on your elevation.)

[Hectonkhyres]

Hush. You are risking having Toady insert carp into your fortress's groundwater. One moment your doctor is walking near a damp sand wall and next, bam! He is sucked into the wall by a demonic goldfish.

[inteuniso]

Careful: if you break through a damp red sand wall, you risk encountering hydroxic acid.  If your dwarves get too much of the stuff in their lungs, Fun will happen.
 

Pretty sure you mean Dihydrogen Monoxide. And yeah, if your dwarves stay in it long enough, they will asphyxiate. It's nasty stuff.