Los Lunas, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Los Lunas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87031. The Survey maps it on the Los Lunas quadrangle. 17,242 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,856 feet above sea level.
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On record in Los Lunas
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 4 records
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Depotlisted 1979
Otero's 66 Servicelisted 2003- Tranquilino Luna Houselisted 1975
- Dr. William Frederick Wittwer Houselisted 1987
Population over time
2 figuresLos Lunas grew from 14,835 to 17,242 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 | 14,835 | |
| 2020 | 17,242 | +2,407 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1952 USGS Los Lunas quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Belen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Los Lunas quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
5 photographs, 1943 to 2021Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
384 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 384 fires within 5 miles of Los Lunas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,020 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 195 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 102 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SKUNK FIRE |
| 27 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.8 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | AFS FIRE |
| 25 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Southern Pueblos Agency | JOJOLA |
| 21 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bernalillo District | HACKSAW FIRE |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bernalillo District | 20-60460253X |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | GROOT FIRE |
| 14 September 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RIOCOM |
| 1 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SHED |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Los Lunas: 8 unknowns, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 Pit 65-29 S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 68-22-S | Limestone, General | Unknown | ||
| Crusher No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| El Cerro Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| John Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Materials Pit 65-28-F | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 56-10-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 57-133-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 72-8-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 73-1-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
24 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Los Lunas in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1998 | Hail | Los Lunas | $150,000 | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Los Lunas | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Los Lunas | $50,000 | Run off from heavy rain washed out roads and culverts northwest of Los Lunas mainly over Isleta Reservation. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Los Lunas | $20,000 | Emergency Manager reported water in homes in Los Lunas area. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Los Lunas | $20,000 | A dry microburst wind lifted the roof from a mobile home. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Los Lunas | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Los Lunas | $8,000 | Outflow winds from a virga shower blew over a semi-trailer truck along Interstate 25 in Los Lunas. A small hay shed also collapsed and the sheet metal roofing blew up to 200 yards away. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Los Lunas | $5,000 | A dry microburst with estimated wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph downed a large cottonwood tree near Katherine Gallegos Elementary School. No injuries were reported. Damages are estimated for the downed tree. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Los Lunas | $5,000 | Family relative reported transformer blew out and power line down. Wind blew over grill. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Los Lunas | $5,000 | A drainage ditch along N. Los Lentes Road backed up into one house, meanwhile water was overflowing a brick fence into a residents yard. |
| September 1993 | Hail | Los Lunas | $5,000 | The public reported golfball-size hail in Los Lunas, stripping leaves off trees and destroying up to 50% of the crops at the State University Extension Station. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Los Lunas | - | A resident in Los Lunas reported penny to quarter size hail from a slow-moving thunderstorm along with hail accumulations of an inch. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Los Lunas | - | Thunderstorm outflow wind gusts up to 60 mph were reported in Los Lunas. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Los Lunas | - | The Los Lunas Data Center reported a peak wind gust up to 68 mph. |
| July 2013 | Lightning | Los Lunas | - | A large tree was destroyed by a lightning strikes along highway 47. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Los Lunas | - | Broken tree limbs up to 4 inches in diameter. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Los Lunas | - | Six to eight inches of flowing water and mud impacted Main Street near Interstate 25. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Los Lunas | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Los Lunas | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Flood | Los Lunas | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Los Lunas | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Heavy Rain | Los Lunas | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Los Lunas | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Los Lunas | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Lentes | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Valencia | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Peralta | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Bosque Farms | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Tome | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Paquita | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Mission Park | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Chical | 5.5 miles | 10 |
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 Los Lunas | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q549516 | 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 891361. 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.





