San Lorenzo, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Mimbres census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88041. It lies near Noonday Canyon. The Survey maps it on the San Lorenzo quadrangle. 148 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,732 feet above sea level.
On record in San Lorenzo
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 6 records
San Lorenzo Historic Districtlisted 1988- Acklin Storelisted 1988
- Luciana B. Grijalva Houselisted 1988
- Menard-Galaz Houselisted 1988
- Mauricio Portillo Houselisted 1988
- Antonio Torres Houselisted 1988
Surveyed buildings and structures 7 records
- Royal John Mine and Mill, Iron Ore Cart, Royal John Mine Road, approximately 0.05 miles northwest of New Mill, San Lorenzofederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Royal John Mine and Mill, Mill Adit, Royal John Mine Road, approximately 0.03 miles northwest of New Mill, San Lorenzofederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Royal John Mine and Mill, New Mill and Tailings, Royal John Mine Road, approximately 10 miles north of intersection with New Mexico Route 61, San Lorenzofederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Royal John Mine and Mill, Old Mill and Tailings, Royal John Mine Road, approximately 0.04 miles north of New Mill, San Lorenzofederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Royal John Mine and Mill, Ore Chute, Royal John Mine Road, approximately 0.02 miles southwest of New Mill, San Lorenzofederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Royal John Mine and Mill, Royal John Mine Road, approximately 10 miles north of intersection with New Mexico Route 61, San Lorenzofederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Royal John Mine and Mill, West Cut Retaining Wall and Train Rails, Royal John Mine Road, north of the Old Mill, San Lorenzofederal building survey, 1 photograph
Population over time
2 figuresSan Lorenzo grew from 97 to 148 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 | 97 | |
| 2020 | 148 | +51 (+53%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS San Lorenzo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Las Cruces quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Hatch quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS San Lorenzo quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS San Lorenzo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of San Lorenzo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 390 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 32 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SEPT 6TH |
| 15 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MILLER |
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Gila National Forest | HOT SPRINGS |
| 17 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DOCTOR |
| 9 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LAWS |
| 6 July 2009 | Natural | 5.5 acres | Gila National Forest | BEAR TRAP |
| 3 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LOWER ACLAIN |
| 3 July 2002 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LION |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of San Lorenzo: 10 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Perlite, Zinc. 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 66-50-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mill Adit | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Box Well Graben Perlite Deposit | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Mimbres Fault Perlite Deposit No. 1 | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Lorenzo in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 5 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 2000 | Flash Flood | San Lorenzo | $50,000 | A slow moving cluster of thunderstorms dropped very heavy rain around San Lorenzo, which resulted in the Mimbres River flooding its banks and submerging Highway 152. The highway was closed, with the water level rising 15 feet above normal to cover a bridge. Some homes in San Lorenzo experienced water damage. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | San Lorenzo | - | Highway 61 south of San Lorenzo was impassable due to heavy rain and resulting flash flooding. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | San Lorenzo | - | A spotter reported cars that were stuck and couldn't pass through deep water on Highway 35 near mile marker 11 about 3 miles south of Mimbres. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | San Lorenzo | - | Gallinas Canyon flooded at the low water crossing along the De-La-O Road just northeast of Sherman. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | San Lorenzo | - | An NWS Employee reported some water crossing the highway near the intersection of Highway 35 and Highway 152 near San Lorenzo. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casas Adobes | 1.1 miles | 9 | |
| San Juan | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Mimbres | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Sherman | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Santa Rita (historical) | 7.5 miles | 17 | |
| Union Hill | 8.6 miles | 17 | |
| Wimsattville | 8.7 miles | 17 | |
| Fierro | 8.7 miles | 17 |
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 San Lorenzo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7414683 | 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 920693. 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.





