Eagle Nest, New Mexico

Geography

Eagle Nest is located in western Colfax County in the Moreno Valley, between the Cimarron Range to the east and the main mass of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the west. The village is at the north end of Eagle Nest Lake, a reservoir on the Cimarron River.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 13.1 km2, of which 10.9 km2 is land and 2.2 km2, or 16.76%, is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 306 people, 141 households, and 90 families residing in the village. The population density was 71.0 PD/sqmi. There were 333 housing units at an average density of 77.3 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the village was 84.97% White, 0.33% African American, 3.27% Native American, 6.21% from other races, and 5.23% from two or more races. Latino were 12.75% of the population.

There were 141 households, out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.4% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.5% were non-families. 31.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.65.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 22.5% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 23.2% from 25 to 44, 41.2% from 45 to 64, and 6.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.6 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $36,477, and the median income for a family was $38,750. Males had a median income of $22,292 versus $18,333 for females. The per capita income for the village was $17,974. About 18.4% of families and 22.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 35.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 20.8% of those 65 or over.

Eagle Nest Lake

Eagle Nest Lake State Park is New Mexico's newest state park, and a popular camping, fishing and sightseeing attraction. A new visitor center was scheduled to be opened in 2010. The main game fish caught in the 2400 acre lake are kokanee salmon and rainbow trout.

Climate

Eagle Nest has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb), bordering on a subalpine climate (Dfc), with very large day-night temperature variations, very warm afternoons and chilly mornings in summer, and extremely cold mornings in winter. On average, 250 mornings have minima below 32 F and 40.3 mornings fall below 0 F, though maxima top freezing on all but 25.5 afternoons. Eagle Nest holds numerous low temperature records for New Mexico, including the coldest temperatures ever recorded in the state during January, March, April, May, July, and November.

Snowfall is fairly heavy, averaging 62.8 in and reaching 140 in between July 1934 and June 1935, but the abundant sunshine and relatively low latitude limit cover even in mid-winter to 4 in.

|Jan record high F = 62 |Feb record high F = 74 |Mar record high F = 74 |Apr record high F = 76 |May record high F = 86 |Jun record high F = 93 |Jul record high F = 92 |Aug record high F = 89 |Sep record high F = 89 |Oct record high F = 81 |Nov record high F = 79 |Dec record high F = 68

|Jan avg record high F = 51.6 |Feb avg record high F = 54.1 |Mar avg record high F = 63.0 |Apr avg record high F = 69.0 |May avg record high F = 76.8 |Jun avg record high F = 85.4 |Jul avg record high F = 86.6 |Aug avg record high F = 84.0 |Sep avg record high F = 80.9 |Oct avg record high F = 73.9 |Nov avg record high F = 63.1 |Dec avg record high F = 54.1 |year avg record high F =

|Jan avg record low F = -15.9 |Feb avg record low F = -13.3 |Mar avg record low F = -3.6 |Apr avg record low F = 8.2 |May avg record low F = 19.3 |Jun avg record low F = 27.2 |Jul avg record low F = 34.7 |Aug avg record low F = 34.8 |Sep avg record low F = 22.9 |Oct avg record low F = 9.6 |Nov avg record low F = -5.4 |Dec avg record low F = -16.8 |year avg record low F = -22.7

|Jan record low F = -47 |Feb record low F = -44 |Mar record low F = -34 |Apr record low F = -36 |May record low F = -2 |Jun record low F = 14 |Jul record low F = 19 |Aug record low F = 24 |Sep record low F = 10 |Oct record low F = -7 |Nov record low F = -38 |Dec record low F = -41

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Education

The school district is Cimarron Municipal Schools.

References

References

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