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Watrous

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Total population

42

Weather79°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Coordinates35.79°, -104.98°

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

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City facts

Overview

Watrous, a tiny census-designated community in New Mexico, United States, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Around 42 people are recorded as living there in the most recent open data. Coordinates of 35.789°, -104.983° situate Watrous in the warm-temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,997 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 78% of daylight hours. The administrative footprint covers a compact 1.5 km². The latitude suggests warm summers and cool winters. At 28 people per km², the census-designated community shows a very sparse settlement pattern. The remainder of this page draws on open public data to describe the area's demographics, climate, environment and nearby amenities.

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History & geography

Demographics & economy

Geography

Latitude
35.7892
Longitude
-104.9825
Water area
0.00 mi²
View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Current forecast

This Afternoon
79°F
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Tonight
51°F
Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy
Saturday
82°F
Mostly Sunny
Saturday Night
48°F
Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy
Sunday
80°F
Sunny
Sunday Night
49°F
Mostly Clear

Forecast for Watrous, NM from NOAA NWS API.

Air quality

Industrial & pollution facilities

Natural hazard risk

Health (adults)

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Schools

Earthquake history

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Nearby places in New Mexico

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.47
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,997

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
192
Avg daily Wikipedia views
6
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

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

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Nearest stream gauge

Site
MORA RIVER NEAR GOLONDRINAS, NM
Distance
12.3 mi
Streamflow
0.9 cfs
Gage height
1.13 ft

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-09-18 16:00 UTC.

Events

Sources

  • • NOAA National Weather Service
  • • Wikidata
  • • USGS NWIS (water data)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • NASA EONET