Lamy, New Mexico
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Santa Fe South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87540. It lies near Cerro Colorado. The Survey maps it on the Galisteo quadrangle. 210 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,483 feet above sea level.
On record in Lamy
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 2 records
Apache Canyon Railroad Bridgelisted 1979
Pflueger General Merchandise Store and Annex Saloonlisted 1987
Population over time
2 figuresLamy fell from 218 to 210 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 | 218 | |
| 2020 | 210 | -8 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1894 USGS Lamy quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Galisteo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Villanueva quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
64 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Lamy between 1994 and 2020, burning about 329 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | WS FIRE |
| 25 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | 285 FIRE |
| 19 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SF SOUTHERN |
| 29 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 28 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LOS CABAUOS |
| 24 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TRESTLE |
| 4 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | INDIAN SCOUT |
| 22 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PRINCEPDEPAZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lamy: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
12 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lamy in 12 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 9 hail, 3 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Lamy | $75,000 | Heavy rain near Lamy caused Old Lamy Trail Road to nearly wash out by the Legal Tender Saloon. Three to four feet of water was also reported along the railroad. Damages are estimated. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Lamy | $50,000 | Heavy rain of 2 to 3 inches near Lamy and Glorieta caused flash flooding in the area. A CoCoRaHS observer reported that this heavy rain flooded the arroyo in their backyard, forming a lake. Video shared by local broadcast media also showed flash flooding through a property at La Posta Way. Damages are estimated. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Lamy | $1,000 | A garage on Avalon Place flooded due to heavy rain. Fortunately, flooding to the the interior of the house was avoided because mechanical pumps were brought in to mitigate the disaster. Just north of this area, 2.32 inches of rain was reported in the Santa Fe Seton Village. This rain fell in just over one hours time. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Lamy | - | Nickel to quarter size hail reported around Eldorado. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Lamy | - | Quarter size hail reported 4.3 miles north northwest of Lamy. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Lamy | - | Quarter size hail reported 3.6 miles north northwest of Lamy. |
| October 2012 | Hail | Lamy | - | Nickel hail 4.2 miles west northwest of Lamy. |
| October 2012 | Hail | Lamy | - | Nickel hail 4.3 miles north northwest of Lamy. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Lamy | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Lamy | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Lamy | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Lamy | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spiess | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Eldorado at Santa Fe | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| El Dorado | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| El Dorado at Santa Fe | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Los Marias | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Galisteo | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sunlit Hills | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Kennedy | 7.8 miles | 13 |
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 Lamy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1801743 | 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 890917. 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.




