Catalpa Canyon

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Catalpa Canyon is a census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 161.

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 Catalpa Canyon, NM 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

Carolyn S. Shoemaker

American astronomer, researcher and university teacher

P

Pablita Abeyta

Diné (Navajo) sculptor and activist (1953-2017)

Hiroshi Miyamura

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1925–2022)

T

Tony Genaro

American actor

E

Evon Z. Vogt

American anthropologist

J

Jock Soto

American ballet dancer

J

Julio Chiaramonte

Officer of the United States Army during World War II

L

Lidio Rainaldi

American politician

Louis R. Douglass

American civil engineer

Mike Everitt

American baseball umpire

Onawa Lacy

American beauty pageant contestant

W

Willie Adams

former baseball pitcher from the United States

C

Chon Gallegos

American football player

Sydney Freeland

American film director

d

disappearance of Anthonette Cayedito

American missing person

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Iva Honyestewa

Hopi/Navajo American craftswoman and social activist (born 1964)

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

Nearby places in New Mexico

• Williams Acres
  8.4 mi away · pop. 643
• Manuelito
  15.9 mi away · pop. 27
• Black Hat
  16.6 mi away
• Tohatchi
  24.2 mi away
• Thoreau
  29.7 mi away · pop. 1,973
• Zuni Pueblo
  30.3 mi away
• Stoneridge
  37.2 mi away
• Becenti
  37.9 mi away · pop. 235
• Red Rock Ranch
  39.4 mi away
• Crystal
  40 mi away · pop. 287
• Candy Kitchen
  42.3 mi away
• Bluewater Village
  45.6 mi away · pop. 133

Browse all places in New Mexico →

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 Catalpa Canyon

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Prescribed Fire D7 Arab RX, Apache, Arizona
  Wildfires · 2026-09-14 · 105 mi
• Prescribed Fire D7 Butler West RX, Apache, Arizona
  Wildfires · 2026-09-14 · 106 mi
• Prescribed Fire D7 Apprentice RX, Apache, Arizona
  Wildfires · 2026-09-14 · 110 mi
• Prescribed Fire D7 Rhoton Seep RX, Apache, Arizona
  Wildfires · 2026-09-14 · 111 mi
• Prescribed Fire D7 Brushy Mtn South RX, Apache, Arizona
  Wildfires · 2026-09-14 · 113 mi
• Prescribed Fire D7 Morgan Unit 5 RX, Navajo, Arizona
  Wildfires · 2026-09-14 · 118 mi
• Prescribed Fire D6 Wallow West Unit 6 RX, Apache, Arizona
  Wildfires · 2026-09-13 · 124 mi
• Wildfire Paddy Creek, Apache, Arizona
  Wildfires · 2026-08-25 · 140 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Bownut Cryptantha

Oreocarya suffruticosa

Seen 2026-09-16

Ribseed Sandmat

Euphorbia glyptosperma

Seen 2026-09-15

Hoary Townsend Daisy

Townsendia incana

Seen 2026-09-14

Manyflowered Ipomopsis

Ipomopsis multiflora

Seen 2026-09-14

King's lupine

Lupinus kingii

Seen 2026-09-14

Foxtail Barley

Hordeum jubatum

Seen 2026-09-14

Wright's Bird's Beak

Cordylanthus wrightii

Seen 2026-09-13

Obscure Darkling Beetle

Eleodes obscura

Seen 2026-09-12

big sacaton

Sporobolus wrightii

Seen 2026-09-12

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