First Mesa

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First Mesa

Total population

1,459

Median home value

$48,300

10.6%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$57,889

First Mesa$58k

National$74k

Weather77°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates35.83°, -110.37°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

First Mesa is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States, on the Hopi Reservation. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 1,555, spread among three Hopi villages atop the 5,700-foot mesa: Hano, Sitsomovi, and Waalpi.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for First Mesa, AZ from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Nampeyo

Hopi-Tewa potter (1859–1942)

Dextra Quotskuyva

Native American potter and artist

N

Neil David Sr

Native American artist

G

Grace Chapella

Hopi-Tewa potter (1874–1980)

D

Douglas Shupela

Hopi artist

J

Jean Sahme

Artist (potter)

R

Rachel Sahmie

Hopi-Tewa potter (b. 1956)

H

Hisi Quotskuyva Nampeyo

Artist (Potter)

T

Tom Polacca

American folk artist (born 1935)

P

Patricia Honie

Hopi Pueblo artist (1919-2001)

M

Marcella Kahe

Hopi Pueblo artist (1916-2008)

M

Marcia Rickey

Hopi Pueblo artist (1918-1991)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Arizona

• Second Mesa
  7.4 mi away
• Keams Canyon
  9.3 mi away
• Shongopovi
  9.3 mi away
• Jeddito
  14.2 mi away
• Hard Rock
  15.7 mi away
• Kykotsmovi Village
  16.2 mi away
• Hotevilla-Bacavi
  16.4 mi away
• Low Mountain
  17 mi away
• Pinon
  20.3 mi away
• Whitecone
  22.6 mi away
• Seba Dalkai
  24.8 mi away
• Steamboat
  29.6 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about First Mesa

The Yuma Mesa, Arizona

Arizona. First Mesa Unit United States Reclamation Service. Yuma Auxiliary Project · 1919

First International Symposium on the Role of Soy in Preventing and Treating Chronic Disease

International Symposium on the Role of Soy in Preventing and Treating Chronic Disease (1st 1994 Mesa, Arizona) · 1995

The age of dinosaurs in northern Arizona

William J. Breed · 1968

Developing a legislative solution to the Indian Trust Fund lawsuit

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources · 2004

Abstracts of papers

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Meeting · 1990

Cactus League

Susie Steckner · 2012

My harrowing undercover journey to the inner circle of the Hells Angels

Jay Dobyns · 2009

No angel

Jay Dobyns · 2010

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

silverleaf nightshade

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Seen 2026-06-18

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

Seen 2026-05-09

Lesser Goldfinch

Spinus psaltria

Seen 2026-02-07

Annual False Wheatgrass

Eremopyrum triticeum

Seen 2024-05-26

Formica perpilosa

Formica perpilosa

Seen 2024-05-26

Lesser Nighthawk

Chordeiles acutipennis

Seen 2024-05-26

Small-leaf Globemallow

Sphaeralcea parvifolia

Seen 2024-05-25

Plateau Striped Whiptail

Aspidoscelis velox

Seen 2024-05-09

Sand Ricegrass

Eriocoma hymenoides

Seen 2023-10-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).