▁These ▁rid ges ▁and ▁pe aks ▁form ▁a ▁wall ▁around ▁the ▁western ▁and ▁southern ▁sides ▁of ▁the ▁city . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁city ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁of ▁which ▁ ▁is ▁land ▁and ▁ ▁is ▁water . ▁ ▁Cl imate ▁ ▁W en atch ee ▁experiences ▁a ▁semi - ar id ▁climate ▁( K ö ppen ▁B Sk ) ▁with ▁cold ▁winter s ▁and ▁hot , ▁dry ▁sum mers . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁census ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 3 1 , 9 2 5 ▁people , ▁ 1 2 , 3 7 9 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 7 , 7 2 1 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁city . ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁. ▁There ▁were ▁ 1 3 , 1 7 5 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁. ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁ 7 6 . 7 % ▁White , ▁ 0 . 4 % ▁African ▁American , ▁ 1 . 2 % ▁Native ▁American , ▁ 1 . 1 % ▁Asian , ▁ 0 . 2 % ▁Pacific ▁Island er , ▁ 1 7 . 3 % ▁from ▁other ▁races , ▁and ▁ 3 . 1 % ▁from ▁two ▁or ▁more ▁races . ▁His pan ic ▁or ▁Lat ino ▁of ▁any ▁race ▁were ▁ 2 9 . 4 % ▁of ▁the ▁population . ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁ 1 2 ,