Mount Shasta, California



Mount Shasta, California City of Mount Shasta Location in Siskiyou County and the state of California Location in Siskiyou County and the state of California Mount Shasta, California is positioned in the US Mount Shasta, California - Mount Shasta, California Mount Shasta is a town/city in Siskiyou County, California, at about 3,600 feet (1,100 m) above sea level on the flanks of Mount Shasta, a prominent northern California landmark.

As of the 2010 Enumeration the town/city had a populace of 3,394, down from 3,624 at the 2000 census.

The town/city of Mount Shasta is positioned in the Shasta Cascade region of Northern California. Visitors use the town/city as a base for trout fishing in the close-by Sacramento, Mc - Cloud and Klamath rivers, for climbing at Mount Shasta, Castle Crags or the Trinity Alps, or to view scenery. Both alpine and cross-country skiing runs are available close-by as well as biking or hiking to waterfalls, streams and lakes in the area, including close-by Mossbrae Falls, Lake Siskiyou, Castle Lake and Shasta Lake. The site of the present-day town/city of Mount Shasta was inside the range of the Okwanuchu tribe of Native Americans.

The discernment of gold at close-by Yreka, California in 1851 dramatically increased traffic along the Siskiyou Trail and through the site of present-day Mount Shasta.

The culmination of a stagecoach road between Yreka and Upper Soda Springs in the late 1850s led to the building of Sisson's Hotel, as a stop for weary travelers, and as a staging ground for adventuresome tourists intending to climb Mount Shasta. Downtown Mount Shasta, California with the eponymous mountain visible in the background.

The 1887 culmination of the Central Pacific Railroad, assembled along the line of the Siskiyou Trail, brought a dramatic increase in tourism, lumbering, and populace into Mount Shasta.

The early 1900s saw the influx of a large number of Italian immigrants to Mount Shasta and neighboring towns, most of whom were working in the timber industry. The town/city incorporated on May 31, 1905. The name of the town/city was finalized "City of Mount Shasta" on November 10, 1925, after a prominent vote in 1922.

Theosophist Guy Ballard claimed to have met Saint Germain while hiking on Mount Shasta in 1930. Mount Shasta is positioned at 41 18'52" North, 122 18'41" West (41.314542, -122.311510), along Interstate 5 south of Weed and north of Dunsmuir, California.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.8 square miles (9.8 km2), of which 3.8 square miles (9.8 km2) is territory and only 0.10% of it is veiled by water.

The settlement is on the distal gently sloping southwest flanks of Mount Shasta, with the chief surficial soils being Quaternary alluvium.

This alluvium is adjoining to and probably underlain by volcanic clastic modern deposited by Mount Shasta in the course of its development.

Mount Shasta to the east forces moisture out of the air as it rises and cools, and the dip in the Klamath Mountains allows more moisture to reach inland, so the town/city receives more rain than the semiarid region to the north.

The record high temperature was 105 F (41 C) on August 7, 1981, and the record low temperature was 13 F ( 25 C) on December 22, 1990. The wettest year was 1998 with 75.15 inches (190.9 cm) and the driest year was 1976 with 14.27 inches (36.2 cm).

Climate data for Mount Shasta, California The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Mount Shasta had a populace of 3,394.

The ethnic makeup of Mount Shasta was 3,041 (89.6%) White, 61 (1.8%) African American, 19 (0.6%) Native American, 56 (1.6%) Asian, 2 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 51 (1.5%) from other competitions, and 164 (4.8%) from two or more competitions.

The Enumeration reported that 3,358 citizens (98.9% of the population) lived in homeholds, 6 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 30 (0.9%) were institutionalized.

There were 1,664 homeholds, out of which 401 (24.1%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 537 (32.3%) were married couples, 190 (11.4%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 84 (5.0%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.

The populace was spread out with 692 citizens (20.4%) under the age of 18, 242 citizens (7.1%) aged 18 to 24, 732 citizens (21.6%) aged 25 to 44, 1,109 citizens (32.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 619 citizens (18.2%) who were 65 years of age or older.

1,699 citizens (50.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,659 citizens (48.9%) lived in rental housing units.

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,621 citizens , 1,669 homeholds, and 926 families residing in the city.

There are 1,669 homeholds out of which 27.9% have kids under the age of 18 living with them, 38.1% are married couples living together, 12.3% have a female homeholder with no husband present, and 44.5% are non-families.

In the city, the populace is spread out with 24.0% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who are 65 years of age or older.

Photo of the police department and town/city hall in Mount Shasta, California Mount Shasta Police Department and City Hall The town/city council of Mount Shasta is composed of seven officials: five town/city council members, a City Treasurer and a City Clerk who are propel at large and serve a four-year term. The Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem are propel each year from the five council members and serve a one-year term.

Kathy Morter is presently serving as Mayor of Mount Shasta until November 2018, with Timothy Stearns serving as Mayor Pro Ten. In the state council Mount Shasta is in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines, and the 1st Assembly District, represented by Republican Brian Dahle. Federally, Mount Shasta is in California's 1st congressional district, represented by Republican Doug La - Malfa. Anita Loos - writer and author of the screenplay Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was born in Sisson (now Mount Shasta) in 1888.

Jason Sehorn - former NFL defensive star graduated Mount Shasta High School in 1989.

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Elected Officials, City of Mount Shasta, 2014 "California's 1st Congressional District - Representatives & District Map".

Mount Shasta City Geographic data related to Mount Shasta, California at Open - Street - Map Images of Mount Shasta from the Eastman's Originals Collection,Special Collections Dept., University of California, Davis.

Shasta Cascade Municipalities and communities of Siskiyou County, California, United States

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