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.
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.
Hall, Lewis D.W., Houselisted 2011 · 0.6 miles away
Drexel Houselisted 2017 · 0.8 miles away
Ramada Houselisted 2006 · 0.9 miles away- Herbert and Irma Woollen Houselisted 2017 · 0.5 miles away
- Jean and Paul Bauder Houselisted 2017 · 0.6 miles away
- Catalina Foothills Estates Job 265 Houselisted 2017 · 0.8 miles away
- Catalina Foothills Estates Job No. 399 Houselisted 2018 · 0.8 miles away
- Donald S. and Elizabeth E. Johnson Houselisted 2018 · 0.9 miles away
- Dr. Howard Paul Harrenstein Houselisted 2019 · 0.9 miles away
- Arthur Olaf and Helen S. Anderson Houselisted 2017 · 1.0 miles away
- McFadden, Phillip G. Houselisted 2011 · 1.0 miles away
Population over time
3 figuresCatalina 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 53,794 | |
| 2010 | 50,796 | -2,998 (-6%) |
| 2020 | 52,401 | +1,605 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 26 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1904 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Mount Lemmon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Tucson North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Tucson North quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Tucson North quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Tucson North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
707 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 639 |
| Natural | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | 1862022 |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | 1862036 |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | 1861843 |
| 6 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | PONTATOC |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tucson Fire Department | 1861516 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dumar Claims | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Evans Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pontatoc Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1906 | |
| Pontotoc Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Alamo Springs Area Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | 1885 | |
| Alamo Springs Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Geothermal | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Ml37 | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Ml45 | Copper | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Foothills Estates | 1.8 miles | 26 | |
| Kleindale | 2.1 miles | 26 | |
| Skyline Bel Aire Estates | 2.2 miles | 26 | |
| Valley View | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Amphitheater | 3.3 miles | 26 | |
| Tucson Country Club Estates | 4.1 miles | 27 | |
| Polo Village | 4.3 miles | 25 | |
| Casas Adobes | 4.4 miles | 26 |
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 Foothills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1050250 | The 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.












