Bowie, Arizona

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Bowie, Arizona
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Location of Bowie in Cochise County, Arizona.
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Bowie, Arizona
Location of Bowie in Arizona
Coordinates: 32°19′32″N109°29′43″W / 32.32556°N 109.49528°W / 32.32556; -109.49528
Country United States
State Arizona
County Cochise
Area
[1]
 • Total1.71 sq mi (4.42 km2)
 • Land1.71 sq mi (4.42 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
3,763 ft (1,147 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total406
 • Density237.98/sq mi (91.89/km2)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (MST)
ZIP codes
85605
Area code 520
FIPS code 04-07380
GNIS feature ID2582739 [2]

Bowie is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census the population of Bowie was 449. [3]

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History

The Southern Pacific built a rail line through eastern Arizona in 1880, including a stop at Bowie. Once a junction was made in March 1881 with eastern rail lines in Deming, New Mexico, this line was the second transcontinental rail route across the United States. [4]

The community is named for the former Fort Bowie. [5]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1910 546—
1920 88562.1%
1930 609−31.2%
1960 650—
2010 449—
2020 406−9.6%
U.S. Decennial Census [6]

Bowie first appeared on the 1910 U.S. Census as the "Bowie Precinct" of Cochise County. [7] It appeared again in 1920 [8] and 1930 [9] as a precinct. It reported a majority White population in 1930. [10] The population of Bowie was 650 in the 1960 census. [11] 2010, when it was made a census-designated place (CDP). [12]

Location and nearby communities

The community lies on Interstate 10 in eastern Arizona close to the western New Mexico border. The community is in the west of the San Simon Valley, as well as the northeast foothills of the Dos Cabezas Mountains. On Interstate 10, Willcox, Arizona at the Willcox Playa lies west-southwest; San Simon, AZ and Road Forks-Lordsburg, New Mexico lie east.

Information

Bowie has the ZIP Code of 85605; in 2010, the population of the 85605 ZCTA was 449. [13]

Climate

Bowie has a borderline semi-arid/desert climate (Köppen BSk/BWk/BSh/BWh) with very hot summers punctuated by monsoon rains, and mild, generally dry winters with cold nights. Typically there are 26.9 days topping 100 °F or 37.8 °C and 119 days over 90 °F or 32.2 °C, which only a few days with unusually heavy rain failing to top this mark during the summer. In the winter, there are typically 63.6 nights falling below freezing, with the all-time record low being 3 °F (−16.1 °C) on December 9, 1978 – though the dryness means only one day every three or four winters will fail to top freezing, and only 6.4 days per winter will not top 50 °F or 10 °C. The average snowfall is 2.6 inches or 0.07 metres, but the median is zero so that most winters do not have measurable falls, though 8.7 inches (0.22 m) fell in January 1978.

Since 1899 the wettest calendar year has been 1914 with 19.96 inches (507.0 mm) and the driest 1956 with 3.01 inches (76.5 mm), whilst the wettest month has been July 1919 with 6.38 inches (162.1 mm), [14] and the wettest day October 30, 1951, with 2.75 inches (69.9 mm).

Climate data for Bowie, Arizona (1981-2010; extremes 1899-2001)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °F (°C)83
(28)		88
(31)		98
(37)		99
(37)		110
(43)		115
(46)		116
(47)		110
(43)		110
(43)		105
(41)		96
(36)		80
(27)		116
(47)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)61.0
(16.1)		65.6
(18.7)		72.1
(22.3)		80.3
(26.8)		89.1
(31.7)		97.5
(36.4)		97.2
(36.2)		94.1
(34.5)		90.6
(32.6)		80.9
(27.2)		69.5
(20.8)		60.5
(15.8)		79.9
(26.6)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)30.8
(−0.7)		34.3
(1.3)		38.3
(3.5)		44.8
(7.1)		52.9
(11.6)		61.7
(16.5)		66.7
(19.3)		65.5
(18.6)		59.3
(15.2)		48.0
(8.9)		36.5
(2.5)		30.3
(−0.9)		47.6
(8.7)
Record low °F (°C)4
(−16)		9
(−13)		14
(−10)		22
(−6)		28
(−2)		36
(2)		49
(9)		44
(7)		30
(−1)		24
(−4)		15
(−9)		3
(−16)		3
(−16)
Average rainfall inches (mm)1.02
(26)		0.84
(21)		0.66
(17)		0.27
(6.9)		0.41
(10)		0.49
(12)		2.02
(51)		2.22
(56)		1.04
(26)		1.35
(34)		0.76
(19)		1.26
(32)		12.34
(310.9)
Average rainy days (≥ 0.01 inch)5.45.14.22.02.52.79.39.25.34.93.44.858.8
Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [15]

Bowie, Arizona gained attention when it was revealed that it was action icon John Rambo's hometown. This was first unveiled in Rambo: First Blood Part II and later elaborated on in Rambo III . In the film Rambo from 2008, Bowie was seen on screen for the first time, although the filming of that particular scene was actually done in Southern California. 2019's Rambo: Last Blood took place entirely in Bowie and Mexico, though filming was not done in Arizona.

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References

  1. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bowie, Arizona
  3. ↑ Website Services & Coordination Staff(WSCS). "2010 Census Interactive Population Search". Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  4. ↑ (March 12, 1881). Completion of the New Trans-Continental Route, Pacific Rural Press
  5. ↑ Barnes, Will C. Arizona Place Names, p. 59 (1935) ("Bowie was named of course for the old fort not far away.")
  6. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Supplement for Arizona - Population, Agriculture, Manufactures, Mines and Quarries" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1910.
  8. ↑ Bureau of the Census Library (1924). "Fourteenth Census of the United States - State Compendium - Arizona" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  9. ↑ "Arizona" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1930.
  10. ↑ "Arizona - Composition and Characteristics" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1930. pp. 141–163.
  11. ↑ "Arizona". World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. A. Chicago: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation. 1960. p. 557.
  12. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau (October 2012). "Arizona: 2010 - Summary Population and Housing Characteristics" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  13. ↑ "American FactFinder - Community Facts". Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  14. ↑ Western Regional Climate Center; BOWIE, ARIZONA: Period of Record General Climate Summary
  15. ↑ "Climatography of the United States No. 20: BOWIE, AZ (020958)". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 2012. Retrieved on August 6, 2018
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