Haystack, New Mexico

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Haystack, New Mexico

|settlement_type = Census-designated place

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|pushpin_label = Haystack

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|coordinates = {{coord|35|21|6|N|107|55|52|W|type:city_region:US-NM|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = New Mexico

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = McKinley

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| unit_pref = Imperial

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |title=2024 U.S. Gazetteer Files: New Mexico|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_gaz_place_35.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=December 4, 2024}}

| area_total_sq_mi = 4.27

| area_land_sq_mi = 4.26

| area_water_sq_mi = 0.01

| area_total_km2 = 11.06

| area_land_km2 = 11.04

| area_water_km2 = 0.02

| area_water_percent =

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_footnotes = {{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US3531925&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Haystack CDP, New Mexico: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=December 4, 2024}}

| population_total = 233

| population_density_sq_mi = 54.67

| population_density_km2 = 21.11

|timezone = Mountain (MST)

|utc_offset = -7

|timezone_DST = MDT

|utc_offset_DST = -6

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_ft = 7031

|postal_code_type = ZIP Code

|postal_code = 87045 (Prewitt)

|area_code = 505

|blank_name = FIPS code

|blank_info = 35-31925

|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank1_info = 2806718{{GNIS|2806718|}}

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Haystack is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 233.

Haystack was a significant area of uranium mining during the mid-20th century.

Geography

The community is in the southeastern part of the county, {{convert|7|mi|0}} east of Prewitt. Haystack Mountain, elevation {{Convert|7833|ft}}, is a mesa that rises {{convert|800|ft}} above the surrounding land in the west part of the CDP. County Road 23 (Haystack Road) forms the southern edge of the CDP, and County Road 41 (Red Mountain Road) runs north-south through the CDP.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Haystack CDP has an area of {{convert|4.27|sqmi|2}}, of which {{convert|0.007|sqmi|3}}, or 0.16%, are water. The area drains south toward San Mateo Creek and the Rio San Jose, part of the Rio Puerco watershed leading southeast to the Rio Grande.

Demographics

{{US Census population

|align=left|2020= 233

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}

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Haystack was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

Education

It is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st35_nm/schooldistrict_maps/c35031_mckinley/DC20SD_C35031.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2021-07-20}}

References

Category:Census-designated places in McKinley County, New Mexico

Category:Census-designated places in New Mexico