North Light Plant

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

North Light Plant is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Light Plant had a population of 556. New Mexico State Road 574 passes through the community.

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 North Light Plant, 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

Alex Kennedy

American stock car racing driver

T

T. Ryan Lane

American politician

S

Steve D. Lanier

American politician

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

Nearby places in New Mexico

• Bloomfield
  9.2 mi away
• Upper Fruitland
  18.9 mi away
• Nenahnezad
  24.1 mi away · pop. 406
• Waterflow
  25.3 mi away · pop. 1,140
• Sanostee
  55 mi away · pop. 214
• Dulce
  57.4 mi away
• Naschitti
  66.2 mi away
• Becenti
  73.3 mi away · pop. 235
• Ojo Encino
  73.9 mi away
• Crystal
  78.5 mi away · pop. 287
• Tohatchi
  81.2 mi away
• Brimhall Nizhoni
  81.4 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 North Light Plant

History of the Church of the Brethren in Indiana

Church of the Brethren · 1917

The light of the Cross in the twentieth century

James Gibbons · 1905

Monthly performance report

United States. Dept. of Energy. · 1978

Treaties, etc

France · 1650

History of the World's Fair

Benjamin Cummings Truman · 1893

Carbon dioxide sequestration in geological media

M. Grobe · 2009

The Story of The Committee of 300

John Coleman · 2000

The Pilgrim Of Our Lady Of Martyrs

Apostleship of Prayer (Organization) · 1888

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Rio Blanco, Archuleta, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-07-28 · 61 mi
• Wildfire Swiss Roll, Archuleta, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-20 · 77 mi
• Wildfire Frijoles, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  Wildfires · 2026-08-05 · 138 mi
• Wildfire WHISKEY, Torrance, New Mexico
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 176 mi
• Wildfire 310, Garfield, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-06 · 178 mi
• Wildfire Rayado Mesa, Colfax, New Mexico
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 180 mi
• Wildfire LAUGHLIN, Colfax, New Mexico
  Wildfires · 2026-08-25 · 200 mi
• Wildfire Post, Las Animas, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 200 mi

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

Recently spotted species

Arizona Sister

Adelpha eulalia

Seen 2026-09-10

red yucca

Hesperaloe parviflora

Seen 2026-09-08

Flaxflowered Ipomopsis

Ipomopsis longiflora

Seen 2026-09-07

Townsend's Big-eared Bat

Corynorhinus townsendii

Seen 2026-09-06

Common Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Seen 2026-08-30

Megetra vittata

Megetra vittata

Seen 2026-08-30

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay

Aphelocoma woodhouseii

Seen 2026-08-29

Differential Grasshopper

Melanoplus differentialis

Seen 2026-08-16

Greater Short-horned Lizard

Phrynosoma hernandesi

Seen 2026-08-13

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