Catalina, Arizona
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Tucson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85739. The Survey maps it on the Oracle Junction quadrangle. 7,551 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,123 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresCatalina grew from 7,025 to 7,551 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 | 7,025 | |
| 2010 | 7,569 | +544 (+8%) |
| 2020 | 7,551 | -18 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1911 USGS Winkelman quadrangle1:125000
- 1913 USGS Winkelman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Oracle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tucson quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Mammoth quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Oracle Junction quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Oracle Junction quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
114 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Catalina between 1992 and 2020, burning about 939 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 6 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 | 95 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Golder Ranch Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Golder Ranch Fire District | 1829385 |
| 23 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Golder Ranch Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Golder Ranch Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 18 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Golder Ranch Fire District | 1828098 |
| 7 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 4 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Golder Ranch Fire District | 1823268 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Catalina: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Channel Placer #1-36 | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand and Gravel Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand and Gravel | |
| Unnamed Prospect Ml108 | Copper | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| Unnamed Prospect Ml59 | Copper | Occurrence | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oro Valley | 8.3 miles | 23 | |
| Loma Linda | 9.6 miles | 23 | |
| Summerhaven | 9.7 miles | 23 | |
| Tortolita | 9.7 miles | 19 | |
| Soldier Camp | 11.0 miles | 24 | |
| Tucson National Estates | 11.9 miles | 20 | |
| Whitetail | 12.0 miles | 24 | |
| Skyline Bel Aire Estates | 12.9 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 | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q549434 | 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 37213. 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.










