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Catalina Foothills, Arizona

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85718. The Survey maps it on the Tucson North quadrangle. 52,401 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,575 feet above sea level.

Catalina Foothills within Pima County

On record in Catalina Foothills

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 11 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

3 figures

Catalina Foothills fell from 53,794 to 52,401 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
200053,794
201050,796-2,998 (-6%)
202052,401+1,605 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

707 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 707 fires within 5 miles of Catalina Foothills between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,423 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 19 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined639
Natural38
Arson/incendiarism19
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1862022
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1862036
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTucson Fire Department1861843
6 September 2018Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestPONTATOC
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
5 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTucson Fire Department1861516

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pima County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Catalina Foothills: 7 occurrences, 6 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Geothermal, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dumar ClaimsUraniumProspect
Evans Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pontatoc MineCopper, Silver, Gold, MolybdenumPast Producer1906
Pontotoc MineCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Alamo Springs Area DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1885
Alamo Springs MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
UnknownGeothermalOccurrence
UnknownGeothermalPast Producer
Unnamed Prospect Ml37CopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Ml45CopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pima County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Oracle Foothills Estates1.8 miles26
Kleindale2.1 miles26
Skyline Bel Aire Estates2.2 miles26
Valley View3.0 miles26
Amphitheater3.3 miles26
Tucson Country Club Estates4.1 miles27
Polo Village4.3 miles25
Casas Adobes4.4 miles26

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Catalina FoothillsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1050250The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 37214. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.