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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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Los Lunas within Valencia County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Los 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.

YearPeople Change
201014,835
202017,242+2,407 (+16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Photographs

5 photographs, 1943 to 2021

Taken 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.

The humble building in the village of Los Lunas, the seat of Valencia County, New Mexico, south of Albuquerque, is now (as of 2021) a tobacco and hookah shop that doesn't look historic
The humble building in the village of Los Lunas, the seat of Valencia County, New Mexico, south of Albuquerque, is now (as of 2021) a tobacco and hookah shop that doesn't look historic
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress
This water tower in the village of Los Lunas, the seat of Valencia County, New Mexico, south of Albuquerque, is old, but not too old be considered too fine a site for an array of cellphone transmitters
This water tower in the village of Los Lunas, the seat of Valencia County, New Mexico, south of Albuquerque, is old, but not too old be considered too fine a site for an array of cellphone transmitters
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress
Los Lunas, New Mexico. Part of the town. A troop train passing in the background
Los Lunas, New Mexico. Part of the town. A troop train passing in the background
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Los Lunas, New Mexico. A westbound Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad freight train out of Albuquerque, New Mexico
Los Lunas, New Mexico. A westbound Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad freight train out of Albuquerque, New Mexico
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Rangeland near Los Lunas, south of Albuquerque, New Mexico
Rangeland near Los Lunas, south of Albuquerque, New Mexico
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

384 since 1992

Regional 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 burning195
Missing data/not specified/undetermined102
Equipment and vehicle use22
Arson/incendiarism14
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Smoking13
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks3
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSKUNK FIRE
27 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.8 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionAFS FIRE
25 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouthern Pueblos AgencyJOJOLA
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBernalillo DistrictHACKSAW FIRE
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBernalillo District20-60460253X
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionGROOT FIRE
14 September 2004Smokingunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionRIOCOM
1 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSHED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Valencia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Materials Pit 65-29 SStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Materials Pit 68-22-SLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Crusher No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
El Cerro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
John PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials Pit 65-28-FSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 56-10-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 57-133-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 72-8-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials Pit 73-1-SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Valencia County

Storms near this place

24 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 1998HailLos Lunas$150,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindLos Lunas$100,000no account filed
July 2006Flash FloodLos Lunas$50,000Run off from heavy rain washed out roads and culverts northwest of Los Lunas mainly over Isleta Reservation.
July 2013Flash FloodLos Lunas$20,000Emergency Manager reported water in homes in Los Lunas area.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindLos Lunas$20,000A dry microburst wind lifted the roof from a mobile home.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindLos Lunas$20,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindLos Lunas$8,000Outflow 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 2021Thunderstorm WindLos Lunas$5,000A 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 2013Thunderstorm WindLos Lunas$5,000Family relative reported transformer blew out and power line down. Wind blew over grill.
July 2010Flash FloodLos Lunas$5,000A drainage ditch along N. Los Lentes Road backed up into one house, meanwhile water was overflowing a brick fence into a residents yard.
September 1993HailLos Lunas$5,000The 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 2021HailLos 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 2019Thunderstorm WindLos Lunas-Thunderstorm outflow wind gusts up to 60 mph were reported in Los Lunas.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindLos Lunas-The Los Lunas Data Center reported a peak wind gust up to 68 mph.
July 2013LightningLos Lunas-A large tree was destroyed by a lightning strikes along highway 47.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindLos Lunas-Broken tree limbs up to 4 inches in diameter.
July 2010Flash FloodLos Lunas-Six to eight inches of flowing water and mud impacted Main Street near Interstate 25.
August 2008HailLos Lunas-no account filed
July 2008HailLos Lunas-no account filed
August 2006FloodLos Lunas-no account filed
April 2005Funnel CloudLos Lunas-no account filed
July 2002Heavy RainLos Lunas-no account filed
May 1999HailLos Lunas-no account filed
May 1999HailLos Lunas-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Valencia County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Los Lentes1.2 miles10
Valencia1.8 miles10
Peralta3.1 miles10
Bosque Farms3.7 miles10
Tome4.5 miles10
Paquita4.7 miles10
Mission Park5.0 miles10
Chical5.5 miles10

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 LunasAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q549516The 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.