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A town.

Is Alamo Lake a good place to live?

32% of the land in Alamo Lake is conserved, above both Arizona’s towns (14%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is Alamo Lake State Park, 1,882 acres with 2.1 miles of trail. We don’t grade Alamo Lake yet; the figures below are still real.

Getting set up

Moving to Alamo Lake: who provides what

Alamo Lake is unincorporated, so La Paz County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerAPS17.0¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA

InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4

Trash & county servicesLa Paz CountyLa Paz County provides services here

SchoolsBicentennial Union High School District Wenden Elementary District2 districts serve Alamo Lake; which school depends on your address and gradeNCES

Register to voteOnlineIn Arizona you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before).vote.gov

Who runs elections hereLa Paz County RecorderLa Paz County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2025

ZIP code8535785357 100%Census 2020

EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Alamo Lake.

Natural hazards

Natural hazards: very high risk in Alamo Lake, mostly inland flooding

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 91% of U.S. communities. 86% of Alamo Lake’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by heat waves at 7%.

91risk score of 100

FEMA risk score

Inland floodingHeat waves

Full pageAlamo Lake’s hazards pageOpen the page

What it facesVery high risk Flood claims0 paid flood claims · No paid flood claims on record Past disasters5 disaster declarations · Declared for the county Get ready2.9 events a year, on average · Ready for inland flooding

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Outdoors

Open space protected for good: nearly a third of Alamo Lake

Alamo Lake’s trail network density stands at 0.5 miles per square mile, below the Arizona town median (1.1) and near the median of U.S. towns (0.4). There are 25 miles of trail across 3 parks and preserves.

32.2%conserved

32.2%

conserved · 9,542 of 29,675 acres

25 mi

of trails · 0.5 per sq mi

Biggest places to walk	Trails	Acres
1. Alamo Lake State Park	2.1 mi	1,882
2. Rawhide Mountains Wilderness	—	69
3. Arrastra Mountain Wilderness	—	50

Full pageAlamo Lake’s outdoors pageOpen the page

Trail map25 miles of trail, mapped Pick a walk2.1 miles of trail · Alamo Lake State Park Conserved land32.2% conserved · 9,542 acres protected Questions“Where can I hike in Alamo Lake?”

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Climate

Mild winters and hot summers in Alamo Lake

July afternoons reach 108°, January nights drop to 38° and snow is almost unheard of.

108°summer high

Typical low → high °F

Winter39–67°

Spring53–86°

Summer74–106°

Fall56–88°

Nov 23

typical first frost

Mar 4

typical last frost

+1.8°

vs. the 20th-century average

108°

typical summer high

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A year of weatherJuly highs 108°, January lows 38°Rain & snow6″ of rain a year · Snow is almost unheard of Heating & coolingBoth heating and cooling Then and now+1.8° vs. the 20th century · Warmer than the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Health

How healthy Alamo Lake is

15% of adults report frequent physical distress in Alamo Lake. Of 32 CDC measures, Alamo Lake beats the Arizona average on 1 and trails it on 8. Two figures for adults locally: 29% get no exercise outside work, 24% say their health is fair or poor. Only 8 of the 141 Arizona towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Alamo Lake.

	Alamo Lake	Arizona towns	U.S. towns
No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES)	19%	12%	8.1%
Depression (CDC PLACES)	17%	20%	23%
Get no exercise (CDC PLACES)	29%	24%	25%
Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES)	24%	21%	19%