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Shaded-relief map of Keams Canyon, Arizona: rivers, roads, the city limits and where the water drains.
ARIZONA · NAVAJO COUNTY

Keams Canyon

265 people, 6,200 ft above sea level in Navajo County.

6,200 ftElevation, city center
265People, 2024 estimate
17 sq miLand area
Sunny 58°
Sunny now Dew point 37° · W 16 mph · high 53°
City of Keams Canyon River Interstate 2 miles
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The Keams Canyon plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Keams Canyon

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 2:00 PM MST
RIGHT NOW Winslow Municipal Airport (KINW) · 1:56 PM
Sunny
58° Sunny Feels like 58° · high of 53° near 2 PM
WindW 16 mphno gusts
Humidity46%falling to 48% this afternoon
Pressure29.94 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index0 nowlow
Dew point 37° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Mostly cloudy
Tuesday, around noonin about 69 hours · 50% chance · rain
LIKELY AMOUNT0.2–0.5 inmost likely 0.3; 1 in 10 over 0.6
LAST RAINNov. 70.01 in · 7 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Navajo County
NWS Flagstaff and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 2:45 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:56 AM5:14 PM ↓
10 h 18 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
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Air quality index ·
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 31 to 42°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
53° 31°
0% rain — W 14, gusts 28 A
SUN Nov. 15 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
57° 32°
0% rain — N 3 B
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
61° 39°
0% rain — S 8 B
TUE Nov. 17 Showers likely Showers likely
59° 34°
70% rain 0.2–0.5″ SSW 20, gusts 36 C
WED Nov. 18 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
53° 32°
0% rain — SSE 2 C
THU Nov. 19 Chance of showers Chance of showers
59° 34°
40% rain up to 0.06″ SSW 16, gusts 37 B
FRI Nov. 20 Chance of showers; cooler Chance of showers; cooler
50° 27°
40% rain up to 0.1″ W 8 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Keams Canyon about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the southern Rockies three days ago, and over Texas a day ago, about 1,060 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. Near the ground the air came from the Rockies; at 10,000 feet, from the southern Rockies. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Keams Canyon stands on

Keams Canyon’s center stands about 6,200 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 6,040 ft to 6,610 ft, a difference of 570 ft: hilly country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Low Mountain, about 6,870 ft, 14 miles northeast.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Sedimentary rocks of the Late Cretaceous Mesaverde Group (sandstone, shale, coal), from the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 88 million years old.

The section below crosses 3 rock units mapped at the surface.

Keams Canyon, cut in half from west to east

A section west to east, 24 miles through the town center
6,000 ft6,500 ft7,000 ft KEAMS CANYON6,200 ftWindswept Terrace6,330 ftHigh point of the line7,060 ft ← WE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 15×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Sedimentary rocks of the Late Cretaceous Mesaverde Group

Sandstone, shale, coal. Age: Late Cretaceous, 84 to 88 million years old. About 16 mi of the line.

Cretaceous sedimentary rocks

Sandstone, shale. Age: Late Cretaceous, 88 to 97 million years old. About 5 mi of the line.

Pliocene to middle Miocene deposits

Conglomerate, sandstone. Age: Early Miocene to Pleistocene, 2 to 16 million years old. About 3 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Keams Canyon’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Keams Canyon reaches the Gulf of California by way of Keams Canyon Wash, Polacca Wash, Corn Creek Wash, the Little Colorado and the Colorado: about 930 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Keams Canyon≈ 930 mi · the Gulf of California
FROM THE CENTER OF KEAMS CANYON ≈ 930 mi to the Gulf of California Keams Canyon Wash → Polacca Wash → Corn Creek Wash → Little Colorado → Colorado

Lakes on the way: Lake Mead, Lake Mohave and Lake Havasu.

290 miles of the trip are on the Colorado.

Seldom reaches the sea. Dams and canals now take nearly all of the Colorado before its old delta in Mexico.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Keams Canyon; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Keams Canyon on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Flagstaff AZ · 91 MI 91 miles southwest Farmington NM · 130 MI 130 miles northeast
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ARIZONA · NAVAJO

Keams Canyon

265 people, 6,200 ft above sea level in Navajo County.

6,200 ftElevation
265People
17 sq miLand
Sunny 58°
SunnyDew point 37°
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Today in Keams Canyon

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly sunny 53° 0%
5p mostly clear night 51° 1%
8p clear night 43° 0%
11p clear night 39° 0%
2a mostly clear night 35° 0%
5a partly cloudy night 32° 0%
Mostly cloudy
NEXT RAINTuesday around noon · 50%
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Tue70%
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Thu40%
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Keams Canyon stands on

Keams Canyon’s center stands about 6,200 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 6,040 ft to 6,610 ft, a difference of 570 ft: hilly country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Low Mountain, about 6,870 ft, 14 miles northeast.

Keams Canyon, west to east Keams Canyon6,200 ftWindswept Terrace6,330 ft ← WE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 28×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center6,200 ft
Within 3 miles6,040 to 6,610 ft
Lie of the landHilly (570 ft of relief)
High point nearbyLow Mountain, 6,870 ft, 14 mi northeast
Rock at the surfaceSedimentary rocks of the Late Cretaceous Mesaverde Group
Its ageLate Cretaceous, 84 to 88 million years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 930 mito the Gulf of CaliforniaKeams Canyon Wash → Polacca Wash → Corn Creek Wash → Little Colorado → Colorado

A raindrop that lands in Keams Canyon reaches the Gulf of California by way of Keams Canyon Wash, Polacca Wash, Corn Creek Wash, the Little Colorado and the Colorado: about 930 river miles.

Lakes on the way: Lake Mead, Lake Mohave and Lake Havasu.

290 miles of the trip are on the Colorado.

Seldom reaches the sea. Dams and canals now take nearly all of the Colorado before its old delta in Mexico.