Santa Fe Lake

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Santa Fe Lake
Santa Fe Lake
Location	Coconino County, Arizona, United States; Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States
Coordinates	35°14′36″N 112°11′11″W / 35.24333°N 112.18639°W / 35.24333; -112.18639
Type	reservoir, natural lake
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Average depth	15 ft (4.6 m)
Surface elevation	6,940 ft (2,120 m)
Settlements	Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe Lake is the name of two waterbodies: a reservoir in 0.5 mi (0.80 km) south of downtown Williams in North Central Arizona, and a natural lake in the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Ski Santa Fe in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.^[1] The reservoir is behind Santa Fe Dam, built in red sandstone. It is named after the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway, which stored the reservoir's water for its steam locomotives traveling through Williams.^[2] The natural lake is formed by snowmelt from Tesuque Peak and Lake Peak. It was named after the nearby state capital of Santa Fe, New Mexico, which was founded in 1610 as the capital of the Spanish province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México.