Alturas, California Location in Modoc County and the state of California Location in Modoc County and the state of California Location in the United States State California Alturas (formerly, Dorris Bridge, Dorris' Bridge, and Dorrisville) is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Modoc County, California, United States.
Alturas is positioned on the Pit River, east of the center of Modoc County, at an altitude of 4370 feet (1332 m). As the county seat, the town is a home to county-wide government offices, including a California Highway Patrol office and a state Department of Motor Vehicles office.
Alturas now is situated in what was initially an Achumawi (Pit River) village known as Kosealekte or Kasalektawi. The town/city was initially known as Dorris Bridge (or Dorris' Bridge), titled after Pressley and James Dorris, who assembled a bridge athwart the Pit River at this location. The Dorris Bridge postal service opened in 1871, retitled Dorrisville in 1874, and in 1876, was retitled Alturas, which is Spanish for "heights". The census of 1880 showed a populace of 148.
However, settlement continued over the next two decades, until the town/city was officially incorporated on September 16, 1901; the county's only incorporated city.
Because of its central location, Dorrisville became the governmental center of county when Modoc County formed in 1874, even though both Adin and Cedarville were then larger towns. Alturas straddles the North Fork of the Pit River, near its confluence with the South Fork in the north end of South Fork Valley, in the extreme northeastern corner of California at 41 29 14 N 120 32 33 W. The tall Warner Mountains lie to the east, the wetlands and wild rice fields of South Fork Valley to the south, and the extensive Modoc Plateau to the north.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2) and 0.57% of it is veiled by water.
However, it has a dry-summer continental climate, or continental Mediterranean climate (Koppen Dsb), using the 32 F (0 C) isotherm, like much of transmontane northern California.
The average January temperatures are a high of 41.6 F (5.3 C) and a low of 16.5 F ( 8.6 C).
The average July temperatures are a high of 88.2 F (31.2 C) and a low of 44.3 F (6.8 C).
There are an average of 36.2 days with highs of 90 F (32.2 C) or higher and an average of 203.8 days with lows of 32 F (0 C) or lower.
The record high was 108 F (42.2 C) on July 8, 2007, and the record low was 34 F ( 36.7 C) on December 9, 1972.
Climate data for Alturas Ranger Station, California Average high F ( C) 41.6 Average low F ( C) 16.5 Average rain days ( 0.01 inch) 10 9 9 8 8 5 2 2 3 5 8 9 78 The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Alturas had a populace of 2,827.
The ethnic makeup of Alturas was 2,430 (86.0%) White, 15 (0.5%) African American, 81 (2.9%) Native American, 45 (1.6%) Asian, 7 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 118 (4.2%) from other competitions, and 131 (4.6%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 2,814 citizens (99.5% of the population) lived in homeholds, none lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 13 (0.5%) were institutionalized.
There were 1,238 homeholds, out of which 391 (31.6%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 507 (41.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 181 (14.6%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 65 (5.3%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
403 homeholds (32.6%) were made up of individuals and 160 (12.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The populace was spread out with 702 citizens (24.8%) under the age of 18, 219 citizens (7.7%) aged 18 to 24, 672 citizens (23.8%) aged 25 to 44, 802 citizens (28.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 432 citizens (15.3%) who were 65 years of age or older.
There were 1,407 housing units at an average density of 574.6 per square mile (221.9/km ), of which 691 (55.8%) were owner-occupied, and 547 (44.2%) were occupied by renters.
1,563 citizens (55.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,251 citizens (44.3%) lived in rental housing units.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,892 citizens , 1,181 homeholds, and 753 families residing in the city.
There were 1,367 housing units at an average density of 622.2 per square mile (239.9/km ).
There were 1,181 homeholds out of which 35.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 45.6% were married couples living together, 14.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 36.2% were non-families.
32.5% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 14.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.00.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.7% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 23.0% of families and 27.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 38.3% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.
Route 395 and California State Route 299.
Both highways merge in Alturas and head out of the town/city as a concurrency northeast toward Lakeview, Oregon and Cedarville, in the order given.
The Modoc Subdivision track of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Lake County Railroad (of Lake County, Oregon) serve the area.
Alturas Municipal Airport is a public-use, general aviation facility positioned one nautical mile (1.85 km) west of the city's central company district.
In the California State Legislature, Alturas is in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines, and the 1st Assembly District, represented by Republican Brian Dahle. In the United States House of Representatives, Alturas is in California's 1st congressional district, represented by Republican Doug La - Malfa. Alturas is the command posts to the Modoc National Forest, the Alturas Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, the Modoc National Wildlife Refuge and other recreation areas, and is the trade center for the agricultural region, which produces beef, sheep, potatoes, alfalfa and lumber.
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