Santa Fe, New Mexico
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Santa Fe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87501. It stands on Arroyo Saiz. The Survey maps it on the Santa Fe quadrangle. 87,505 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,198 feet above sea level.
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On record in Santa Fe
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 12 of 63 shown
Barrio de Analco Historic DistrictNational Historic Landmark · listed 1968
National Park Service Southwest Regional OfficeNational Historic Landmark · listed 1970
Santa Fe PlazaNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
Seton VillageNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966- Palace of the GovernorsNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
Acequia System of El Rancho de las Golondrinaslisted 1980
Ricardo Alarid Houselisted 1984
Allison Dormitorylisted 1984
Archbishop Lamy's Chapellisted 1988
Jane and Gustave Baumann House and Studiolisted 2012
Alfred M. Bergere Houselisted 1975
Camino del Monte Sol Historic Districtlisted 1988
Every listing in Santa Fe County
Surveyed buildings and structures 12 of 18 shown
- Acequia Madre of Santa Fe, Extends 2 miles west beginning near the Los Cerros Reservoir, Santa Fefederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Borrego House, 724 Canyon Road, Santa Fefederal building survey, 8 photographs
- El Palacio Real de Santa Fe, 105 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fefederal building survey, 27 photographs
- Frank Applegate House, Camino del Monte Sol, Santa Fefederal building survey, 4 photographs
- Garcia House, 202 Closson Street, Santa Fefederal building survey, 6 photographs
- Grade School at Loretto Academy, Don Gaspar Avenue & East Water Street, Santa Fefederal building survey, 7 photographs
- James L. Johnson House, 545 Canyon Road, Santa Fefederal building survey, 24 photographs
- La Cienega Acequia, 286-384 Los Pinos Road, Santa Fefederal building survey, 4 photographs
- La Cienega Acequia, Truchas Molino, 334 Los Pinos Road, Santa Fefederal building survey, 8 photographs
- Mignardot House, Santa Fefederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, Santa Fefederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Rael House, 663, 667, 669 Canyon Road, Santa Fefederal building survey, 7 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresSanta Fe grew from 67,947 to 87,505 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 | 67,947 | |
| 2020 | 87,505 | +19,558 (+29%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 23 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.
- 1889 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Santa Fe quadrangle1:24000
What the histories say of this town
6,487 words1 chapter about Santa Fe from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.
| Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Fé County: The Heart of New Mexico, Rich in History and Resource | Santa Fé County: The Heart of New Mexico, Rich in History and Resources (1906) | 6,487 words |
Photographs
8 of 47 photographs shown, 2020 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, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2021. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Santa Fe County
Fires near this place
74 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Santa Fe between 1994 and 2020, burning about 355 acres in total. 24 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 | 33 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | ALAMOS |
| 27 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | CORRAL |
| 2 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | LITTLE TESUQUE |
| 7 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PETE |
| 6 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | BARBERIA |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LA TIERRA |
| 17 August 1996 | Natural | 12 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | CORRAL |
| 17 August 1994 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
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 Santa Fe: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Manganese District | Manganese | Past Producer | 1917 |
Storms near this place
60 of 65 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santa Fe in 65 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 32 hail, 17 flash flood, 8 lightning, 6 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 deaths and 8 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1997 | Lightning | Santa Fe | 1 killed, 2 hurt | A 41 year old man hiking near the summit of Santa Fe Baldy (12600 ft) was killed by lightning. The man's 12 year old son and another hiker were knocked down by the lightning but only slightly injured. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Santa Fe | 1 killed, $25,000 | Flash flooding struck the northeast part of Santa Fe. Arroyos became torrents and overflowed their banks in some instances. Major street flooding ensued in some locations, especially along Lorenzo Road which saw mud deposited two feet deep. One man drowned when he was swept down an arroyo. An unoccupied automobile was damaged when it was also swept down an arroyo. Flash flooding occurred at the Morales Bridge on the north side of town, and a home was flooded on Circle Dr nearby. |
| August 2006 | Lightning | Santa Fe | 2 hurt | Two men in their 20s were struck by lightning while standing on rebar rods at a Santa Fe construction site. One man recovered immediately, but the other had to be revived with CPR. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Fe | 1 hurt, $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Lightning | Santa Fe | 1 hurt | A 30-year old man was struck by lightning when he left his residence as a thunderstorm faded. |
| August 1998 | Lightning | Santa Fe | 1 hurt | A 44-year old man was resuscitated by coworkers after suffering a near fatal, single lightning strike while working on a church roof. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Santa Fe | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| December 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Fe | $100,000 | Horse stalls, trailers and bleachers were blown over near Rodeo Rd and Richards Ave. A light tower was completely bent over. Truck windows were broken out and a chain link fence was ripped from its posts. |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Santa Fe | $90,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Santa Fe | $70,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Lightning | Santa Fe | $60,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Santa Fe | $50,000 | Flash flooding was reported in homes on Galisteo Street, within the Forest Circle Street and Calle Torreador subdivisions, Miguel Chaves Road and the Tuscany at St. Francis Apartments. Street flooding was also reported on portions of Cerrillos, St. Francis Dr., and St. Michaels Road. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Santa Fe | $50,000 | Several vehicles were damaged and a number of rooms at a guest lodge were flooded by mud and debris when a small flash flood formed along Bishop's Lodge Road in eastern Santa Fe. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Santa Fe | $20,000 | Writer from the Santa Fe newspaper reported that there was damage to E.J. Martinez Elementary School from flash flooding. It was reported that there was damage to 3 classrooms, the gym, and an office. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Santa Fe | $10,000 | A COOP observer near Santa Fe reported penny size hail from a strong thunderstorm. The hail reportedly caused damage and dents to a Santa Fe resident's three cars. Damages are estimated for the dent damage to the three cars. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Santa Fe | $10,000 | Heavy rain caused major street flooding for the second consecutive evening in northeast Santa Fe. Lorenzo Road had mud deposited nearly 2 feet deep. |
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Santa Fe | $5,000 | Public weather station reported 3.35 inches of rainfall in 1 hour near Las Campanas. Video showed flash flood waters flowing quickly over East Sunrise Road northwest of Santa Fe, making it impassable. The water depth was reported to be between 1 and 1.5 feet. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Santa Fe | $5,000 | Heavy rain caused an awning at the Giant gas station to collapse and fall on three cars at the intersection of Sawmill Rd. and St. Francis Dr. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Santa Fe | $5,000 | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused street flooding between 1 and 2 feet deep at the intersection of Cerillos Road and Camino Carlos Rey. Cars were stalled in the intersection. A section of Rodeo Road was closed due to flooding. Two homes on the east side of town experienced flooding. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Fe | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Lightning | Santa Fe | $2,000 | Lightning struck a tree in the yard of a Santa Fe residence. The shock wave from the strike shattered two windows in the house. |
| August 2014 | Lightning | Santa Fe | $1,000 | Santa Fe police reported that a lightning strike downed a power line and started a small brush fire at 1945 Cerrillos Road in Santa Fe. The fire is shown in a YouTube video burning for nearly 10 minutes before fire officials extinguished the blaze. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | Nickel size hail in Santa Fe. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | A trained spotter near the Santa Fe Plaza observed lots of accumulating penny size hail from a strong thunderstorm. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Fe | - | Large sycamore tree limbs up to 2 inches in diameter were snapped near the Santa Fe Railyards. |
| October 2024 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | A line of strong storms dropped penny size hail across Santa Fe. |
| May 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Santa Fe | - | A funnel cloud from a strong thunderstorm was spotted near the Santa Fe airport. The funnel cloud never touched down, and no damage was reported. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | A COOP observer reported penny size hail from a strong thunderstorm moving north near Santa Fe. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | A CoCoRaHS observer reported one inch hail from a severe thunderstorm northeast of Santa Fe. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | Multiple observers reported one inch hail from a severe thunderstorm near Santa Fe. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | Hail up to the size of quarters in Santa Fe. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | Nickel size hail in Santa Fe. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | Hail up to the size of ping pong balls in downtown Santa Fe. |
| June 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Santa Fe | - | A well-defined funnel cloud was observed in Santa Fe. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | Quarter size hail in Santa Fe. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Santa Fe | - | Flash flooding in the area of Agua Fria and Upper Hills. Roads closed. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | Hail up to the size of pennies was reported in Santa Fe. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | Spotter reported nickel to half dollar size hail southeast of Santa Fe. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | Quarter size hail north of highway 599 three miles west of highway 285. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Santa Fe | - | Local Broadcast media shared a photo of a car that was stranded due to flooding at 5th Street and St. Michaels Dr. in Santa Fe. The driver drove into deep water that had accumulated on roadways from short duration, very heavy rainfall. |
| July 2013 | Lightning | Santa Fe | - | The Santa Fe New Mexican ran story about lightning hitting a large cottonwood tree in the Santa Fe Plaza. The bolt hit the tree and sent branches flying into a nearby crowd of people that were gathered in downtown for weekend festivities. Newspaper reporting that at least one man was injured from flying debris while another had breathing problems for a short time. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Santa Fe | - | Santa Fe police reported home evacuations near the intersection of Valmora Road and Serafina Street. Water was reported to be two feet deep and 40 feet wide. Two feet of water was also reported at the intersection of Rodeo Road and Old Pecos Trail. Cars attempting to drive through the water stalled. Two feet of water was also reported to have flooded a home at the Rainbow Vision Condominium Complex at I-25 and St. Francis Dr. Spotters in the area reported between 1 and 1.8 inches of rain in one hours time. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Santa Fe | - | Heavy rain caused widespread street flooding in southern Santa Fe. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | Nickel size hail was reported in the Eldorado area. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Fe | - | A strong thunderstorm produced copious small hail and gusty winds of near 55 mph which downed several small trees near Santa Fe. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | State Police reported pea- to dime-size hail one to two inches deep covering Interstate 25 and then golf ball-size hail at the race track just southwest of Santa Fe. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | State Police reported pea- to dime-size hail one to two inches deep covering Interstate 25 and then golf ball-size hail at the race track just southwest of Santa Fe. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | A thunderstorm over Santa Fe produced widespread small hail with some stones near ping-pong ball-size which caused damage to several cars. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | no account filed |
Newspapers printed here
8 papers8 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| El Nuevo Mexicano | 1890 to 1958 |
| The Santa Fe Weekly Gazette | 1851 to 1854 |
| Santa Fe New Mexican | 1898 to 1951 |
| New Mexico State Record | 1914 to 19?? |
| Santa Fe Weekly Gazette | 185? to 1859 |
| Santa Fe Gazette | 1859 to 1864 |
| Santa Fe Daily New Mexican | 1885 to 1897 |
| Santa Fe Weekly Gazette | 1864 to 1869 |
What the paper printed
48,507 wordsFront pages of the local paper, read from the Library of Congress scans: 20 issues spread across its run from 1852 to 1916, 48,507 words in total. Each is reproduced on its own page, exactly as the recogniser returned it.
These pages read less well than anything else here, and the number is worth stating: about three words in four come through cleanly, against nine in ten for the building records. An 1896 broadsheet sets eight-point type in seven columns on microfilm, which is the hardest thing in this archive to read by machine. We tested our own recognisers against the Library's and they were not better, so the Library's text is what appears, with the wholly unreadable columns removed. Read it as a guide to what the paper covered, and follow the link to the scan before quoting anything.
| Issue | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1898-03-09 | Santa Fe New Mexican | 4,112 words |
| 1898-05-23 | Santa Fe New Mexican | 1,040 words |
| 1898-08-08 | Santa Fe New Mexican | 4,290 words |
| 1898-10-21 | Santa Fe New Mexican | 3,505 words |
| 1889-03-14 | Santa Fe Daily New Mexican | 842 words |
| 1889-05-28 | Santa Fe Daily New Mexican | 934 words |
| 1889-10-23 | Santa Fe Daily New Mexican | 1,254 words |
| 1852-11-06 | The Santa Fe Weekly Gazette | 3,149 words |
| 1852-12-04 | The Santa Fe Weekly Gazette | 4,157 words |
| 1854-07-15 | The Santa Fe Weekly Gazette | 3,279 words |
| 1864-09-24 | Santa Fe Weekly Gazette | 2,939 words |
| 1869-09-25 | Santa Fe Weekly Gazette | 1,387 words |
| 1855-03-24 | Santa Fe Weekly Gazette | 1,288 words |
| 1855-11-24 | Santa Fe Weekly Gazette | 863 words |
| 1860-09-29 | Santa Fe Gazette | 3,705 words |
| 1860-11-03 | Santa Fe Gazette | 4,959 words |
| 1864-09-17 | Santa Fe Gazette | 225 words |
| 1916-08-18 | New Mexico State Record | 2,787 words |
| 1916-10-06 | New Mexico State Record | 2,183 words |
| 1916-12-01 | New Mexico State Record | 1,609 words |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analco (historical) | 0.4 miles | 23 | |
| Tano Road | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| La Loma | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Tres Arroyos | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Agua Fria | 5.0 miles | 20 | |
| Tesuque | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Las Campanas | 6.0 miles | 20 | |
| La Tierra | 6.0 miles | 20 |
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 Santa Fe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q38555 | 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 936823. 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.







