San Acacia New Mexico Map

About San Acacia, New Mexico

San Acacia is a locality in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 38. The population density is 21.0 people per km². San Acacia is located at 34.2553°N, 106.8995°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 87831.

San Acacia remains a quiet witness to the relentless, southward pull of the Rio Grande as it carves a path through the arid high desert. It lies 39.2 miles south-southwest of Los Lunas, NM (from Los Lunas, NM: bearing 194°T), and is situated 13.6 miles north of Socorro. This landscape is defined by the stark, sun-bleached expanse of the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, which encompasses the surrounding terrain and provides a sanctuary for the hardy flora and fauna of the scrubland. To the west, the Cerritos de las Minas rise in jagged, earthen silhouettes against the horizon, their slopes reflecting the shifting copper and violet hues of the waning sun. The air here carries a dry, sharp clarity, and the earth is composed of fine, silt-heavy soils that shift slightly under the weight of the wind, settling into the vast, open spaces that characterize the basin.

San Acacia exists as a small, contemplative anchor within the larger irrigation and water-management systems of the region, marked notably by the nearby San Lorenzo Settling Basin. The local economy has long been tethered to the management of these water resources and the demands of the agricultural cycles that define the valley floor. History is felt here not in grand monuments, but in the enduring, weathered architecture that reflects a fusion of cultural traditions, standing resilient against the intense heat and the seasonal fluctuations of the river. Life in San Acacia moves in accordance with the light and the slow, deliberate pace of the desert, where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the distant, rhythmic hum of progress or the sudden movement of wildlife moving toward the moisture of Hidden Tank.

About This San Acacia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of San Acacia, New Mexico. Coordinates: 34.255345, -106.899473. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for San Acacia includes the ZIP code (87831), telephone area code (575), county seat of Socorro County (Socorro), and school district assignment (Socorro Consolidated Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.