THE LUNA COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Chihuahuan Basins and Playas setting.
Luna County has 2,965.2 square miles of land in New Mexico. 5 mapped landscape regions meet across Luna County: Chihuahuan Basins and Playas, Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands, Low Mountains and Bajadas, among others.
Desert basins and mountain ranges extend across this region, with the Rio Grande and Pecos as important drainage corridors. Arid shrubland and grassland contrast with wooded higher elevations.
Regional context: Chihuahuan Deserts ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Luna County intersects 5 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Chihuahuan Basins and Playas43.9%
- Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands37.1%
- Low Mountains and Bajadas15.6%
- Madrean Lower Montane Woodlands2.4%
- Chihuahuan Montane Woodlands1%
Arizona/New Mexico Mountains in Luna County
These southwestern mountain ranges rise above surrounding deserts and grasslands. Pinyon-juniper and oak woodlands give way to ponderosa pine, with colder forest types limited to the highest areas.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Luna County
The atlas lists 11 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Luna County, including Sunshine, Deming, Old Town. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Luna County by land and water
The Census records 0.17 square miles of water within Luna County, or 0% of its total area. That share is close to Luna County’s 0%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Luna County has 2,191.6 times the land area of nearby La Hacienda CDP (1.35 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Doña Ana County, Grant County, Hidalgo County, Sierra County within New Mexico. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

