Crescent City, California This article is about the town/city in Northern California.
For other metros/cities with the same name, see Crescent City .
Crescent City, California City Crescent City harbor Crescent City harbor Crescent City, California is positioned in California Crescent City, California - Crescent City, California Crescent City (Chetco-Tolowa: Taa-'at-dvn, Yurok: Kohpey, Wiyot: Daluwagh ) is the governmental center of county and only incorporated town/city in Del Norte County, California.
Named for the crescent-shaped stretch of sandy beach south of the city, Crescent City had a total populace of 7,643 in the 2010 census, up from 4,006 in the 2000 census.
The populace includes inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison, also inside the town/city limits, and the former census-designated place Crescent City North took in to the city.
The town/city is also the site of the Redwood National Park headquarters, as well as the historic Battery Point Light.
Due to the richness of the small-town Pacific Ocean waters and the related catch, and ease of access, Crescent City Harbor serves as home port for various commercial fishing vessels.
The town/city is positioned on the Pacific coast in the upper northwestern part of California, about 20 miles (32 km) south of the Oregon border.
Crescent City's offshore geography makes it unusually susceptible to tsunamis. Much of the town/city was finished by four tsunami waves generated by the Good Friday earthquake off Anchorage, Alaska in 1964.
More recently, the city's harbor suffered extensive damage and destruction due to tsunamis generated by the March 11, 2011 earthquake off Sendai, Japan.
In 1855 Congress authorized the building of a lighthouse at "the battery point" (a high tide island on the coast of Crescent City) which is still functioning as a historical landmark. European explorers first visited the region now known as Crescent City by ship in the late-1820s. Europeans began moving to the region in the 1850s.
Crescent City was incorporated as a town/city in 1854. Crescent City was the name of a 113-ton schooner assembled in 1848 by Joshua T.
George, off the coast of Crescent City, California, on 30 July 1865. A 1906 ship titled Crescent City was the former Jim Butler, a 701-ton steam schooner assembled by Lindstrom Shipbuilding Company in Aberdeen, Washington, that wrecked in the Channel Islands, off Santa Cruz Island, in 1927. The abandoned tanker drifted north and broke up on the rocks off Crescent City.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.415 square miles (6.25 km2), of which 1.963 square miles (5.08 km2) (81.3%) is territory and 0.452 square miles (1.17 km2) (18.7%) is water.
Fishing and crabbing, tourism, and timber are the primary sources of income in the city, as well as the County of Del Norte. The mouth of Elk Creek, where it flows into the Pacific Ocean, is in Crescent City.
The nearest town/city is fellow coastal town/city Brookings, around 20 miles (32 km) to its north.
Crescent City is as far north in latitude as Chicago as well as New England on the Atlantic side and is as much as nine degrees latitude north of San Diego at the southern tip of the state.
Brother Jonathan Cemetery in Crescent City.
View of Crescent City Harbor from Battery Point Lighthouse Crescent City has a cool-summer mediterranean climate (Koppen Csb), with moderation similar to an oceanic climate.
The highest temperature recorded in Crescent City was 93 F (33.9 C), observed on 24 September 1964, 1 June 1970, and 10 October 1991.
Climate data for Crescent City, California (1981 2010 normals, extremes 1894 present) Crescent City's jetty The topography of the sea floor encircling Crescent City has the effect of focusing tsunamis.
According to researchers at Humboldt State University and the University of Southern California, the town/city experienced tsunami conditions 31 times between the years 1933 and 2008. Although many of these incidents were barely perceptible, eleven affairs encompassed wave measurements exceeding one meter, four affairs caused damage, and one event in particular is generally cited as "the biggest and most destructive recorded tsunami to ever strike the United States Pacific Coast." The tsunami wave travel time to Crescent City was 4.1 hours after the earthquake, but it only produced localized flooding. The second and third waves to hit Crescent City were both lesser than the first wave, but the fourth wave hit with a height of approximately 20 feet (6.1 m) after having drawn the harbor out nearly dry. The next morning the damage was counted: 289 buildings and businesses had been destroyed; 1000 cars and 25 large fishing vessels crushed; 12 citizens were confirmed dead, over 100 were injured, and more were missing; 60 blocks had been inundated with 30 town/city blocks finished in total.
Insurance adjusters estimated that the town/city received more damage from the tsunami on a block-by-block basis than did Anchorage from the initial earthquake. Crescent City bore the brunt, due to its offshore geography, position relative to the earthquake's strike-line, underwater contours such as the Cobb Seamount, and the position of rivers near the city. Although homes, buildings, and transit framework were later rebuilt, years passed before the town/city recovered from the devastation to lives, property, and its economy.
The town/city is deemed to be tsunami-ready today.
Its preparedness was tested on 14 June 2005 when the 2005 Eureka earthquake measuring 7.2 on the moment magnitude scale hit 90 miles (140 km) offshore; much of the town/city (an estimated 6000 citizens ) was evacuated in a matter of 20 minutes when a tsunami warning was issued, and a 26 cm.
However, a surge from that quake did hit the harbor at Crescent City causing damage to three docks and a several boats.
Parts of the town/city were evacuated on 11 March 2011, after a 9.0 earthquake hit Japan. Thirty-five boats were destroyed, and the harbor suffered primary damage. The reported peak surge was over 8 feet (2.4 m) by 9:50am. Five were swept out to sea, and one person killed. As of the 2003 Population Estimate from the Enumeration Bureau, there were 7,319 citizens residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 78.3% White, 0.5% Black or African American, 6.1% Native American, 4.6% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 4.3% from other competitions, and 6.0% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 30.1% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $20,133, and the median income for a family was $22,058.
The per capita income for the town/city was $12,833.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Crescent City had a populace of 7,643.
The ethnic makeup of Crescent City was 5,052 (66.1%) White, 910 (11.9%) African American, 370 (4.8%) Native American, 333 (4.4%) Asian, 7 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 696 (9.1%) from other competitions, and 275 (3.6%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 4,063 citizens (53.2% of the population) lived in homeholds, 28 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 3,552 (46.5%) were institutionalized.
The very high institutionalized percentage is a result of the existence of Pelican Bay State Prison, which was took in into the town/city limits in the 1990s.
The populace was spread out with 1,107 citizens (14.5%) under the age of 18, 934 citizens (12.2%) aged 18 to 24, 3,292 citizens (43.1%) aged 25 to 44, 1,725 citizens (22.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 585 citizens (7.7%) who were 65 years of age or older.
1,203 citizens (15.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 2,860 citizens (37.4%) lived in rental housing units.
In the California State Legislature, Crescent City is in the 2nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Mike Mc - Guire, and the 2nd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Jim Wood. In the United States House of Representatives, Crescent City is in California's 2nd congressional district, represented by Democrat Jared Huffman. The enhance schools of Crescent City are part of the Del Norte County Unified School District, which encompasses all of the enhance schools in Del Norte County.
The following are schools inside Crescent City or its immediate vicinity.
Del Norte High School is the only enhance high school in Crescent City, positioned on the northern edge of town.
The Bess Maxwell Elementary School is the older of two elementary schools in the northern part of town that are positioned near the high school.
The Castle Rock Charter School is a K 12 charter school that provides personalized education to students, and is the liaison school for parents who home school their children.
Among other programs, it operates the Tah-Ah-Dun American Indian Magnet School to furnish for the unique requirements of American Indian students that might be at threat of dropping out of school.
(Tah-Ah-Dun is the Tolowa name for Crescent City, honoring the Tolowa village that once stood where Crescent City is today.) The school is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
Crescent Elk Middle School is the earliest operating school site in town, centrally positioned in Crescent City.
The site was originally a K 8 school, but slowly shed undertaking levels to other schools as it became a 4 6 school with a separate 7 8 program, then the 6 8 program that it is today.
Mary Peacock Elementary School is the newer of two elementary schools that are positioned near the high school.
The creation of Pelican Bay State Prison caused an increase in housing demand in the Crescent City area, and an increased school precinct population.
Joe Hamilton Elementary School is a K 5 school positioned near Crescent Elk Middle School.
Pine Grove Elementary School has been a K 6 school for many years.
It serves the easterly part of Crescent City.
Sunset High School is another Crescent City high school with its own child care center. Route 101 that runs directly through the city, connecting the Oregon Coast to the north and Eureka to the south.
Route 199 begins just north of Crescent City and heads northeast to Grants Pass, Oregon.
Crescent City is also served by Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach, Curry Public Transit, and POINT.
The Crescent City Harbor serves as a commercial fishing port for salmon, shrimp, tuna, cod, and dungeness crab commercial fishing vessels.
The Crescent City Harbor also has a several pleasure boat docks.
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