THE SANTA FE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
North Central New Mexico Valleys and Mesas setting.
Santa Fe city has 52.2 square miles of land in Santa Fe County. Its Census reference point is in North Central New Mexico Valleys and Mesas, within Arizona/New Mexico Plateau.
Plains and mesa tops alternate with steep tableland edges in this transition between deserts, grasslands and forested mountains. Local relief changes sharply even within the broader plateau setting.
Regional context: Arizona/New Mexico Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Santa Fe and Santa Fe County
Santa Fe is associated with Santa Fe County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Santa Fe by land and water
The Census records 0.11 square miles of water within Santa Fe, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points higher than the 0.1% recorded for Santa Fe County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Santa Fe city has 21.5 times the land area of nearby Agua Fria CDP (2.42 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

