City of Susanville Historic Uptown Susanville Historic Uptown Susanville Location in Lassen County and the state of California Location in Lassen County and the state of California City of Susanville is positioned in the US City of Susanville - City of Susanville State California Susanville (formerly known as Rooptown) is the governmental center of county of Lassen County, California, United States. Susanville is positioned on the Susan River in the southern part of the county, at an altitude of 4,186 feet (1,276 m). The populace was 17,974 in the 2010 census, up from 13,541 in the 2000 census.
Much of the populace increase is related to persons held at two state prisons in the city.
Susanville, a former logging and quarrying town, is the site of two state prisons: the California Correctional Center, a minimum-medium security facility, which opened in 1963; and the High Desert State Prison, California (not to be confused with High Desert State Prison, Nevada), which opened in 1995.
The prisons and their effects on the community, including the provision of much needed jobs, were explored in the documentary, Prison Town, USA (2007), aired on PBS Nearly half the adult populace of Susanville works at the three prisons in the region where 11,000 citizens are incarcerated. Susanville is positioned at 40 24 59 N 120 39 11 W. The altitude of Susanville is approximately 4,258 feet (1,298 m) above sea level.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.0 square miles (20.8 km ), of which 7.9 square miles (20.5 km ) is territory and 1.07% is water.
Susanville is underlain by igneous rock, which provides the parent material for its well-drained brown stony to gravelly sandy loams or loams.
The most common soil series in Susanville's urban region is Springmeyer gravelly fine sandy loam. Susanville was titled after Susan Roop, daughter of Isaac Roop, an early settler. It was first called Rooptown, and the present name was adopted in 1857. The Susanville US postal service was established in 1860. Susanville was incorporated in 1900. Formerly the center of farming, quarrying and the lumber industry, Susanville suffered from the loss of jobs as these industries changed or declined in the 20th century.
Since the late 20th century, the only region of expansion in the economy has been associated with the assembly and operation of two state prisons in the town/city and one federal prison in the area.
In 2007 half of the adult populace of Susanville worked in the prisons: the California Correctional Center, a minimum-medium security facility, which opened in 1963; the High Desert State Prison, California (not to be confused with High Desert State Prison, Nevada), which opened in 1995; and the Federal Correctional Institution, Herlong, which opened in 2007.
Susanville has a humid continental climate (Koppen Dsb) with cold winters and very warm, mostly dry summers.
Records have been kept at a several stations since 1893, including Susanville Airport and Susanville 2 SW, southwest of the town centre, along with two other stations with shorter records.
Using the 27 F ( 3 C) isotherm for the coldest month instead, Susanville could also be classified as a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb).
Average January temperatures are a high of 40.4 F (4.7 C) and a low of 20.8 F ( 6.2 C). Average July temperatures are a high of 88.4 F (31.3 C) and a low of 49.8 F (9.9 C). Temperatures reach 90 F (32 C) or higher on an average of 36.9 days annually, and drop to 32 F (0 C) or lower on an average of 164.6 days annually; freezing temperatures have been recorded in every month of the year and summer eveningtime temperatures are usually cool, but extreme cold is rare and temperatures under 0 F ( 17.8 C) are reached only on 2.9 days per winter. The highest recorded temperature in Susanville was 106 F (41 C) in July 1931, and the lowest recorded temperature was 23 F ( 31 C) on February 1, 1956. Annual rain averaged 13.44 inches (341 mm) from 1971 to 2000, with an average of 66 days with calculable precipitation. Susanville Airport has averaged a somewhat higher 15.04 inches (382.0 mm) between 1893 and 2012.
At the airport the wettest calendar year has been 1907 with 33.51 inches (851.2 mm) and the driest 1976 with 5.33 inches (135.4 mm), though the wettest "rain year" was from July 1937 to June 1938 with 33.01 inches (838.5 mm) as against 32.42 inches (823.5 mm) between July 1906 and June 1907 and 4.36 inches (110.7 mm) in the driest precipitation year from July 1975 to June 1976.
Annual snow flurry averages 18.7 inches (47.5 cm) at Susanville 2 SW and 32.8 inches (83 cm) at the airport, though the median at Susanville 2 SW is only 6.5 inches (16.5 cm). The most snow flurry in one year was 89 inches (226.1 cm) in 1937, with the most in one month 65.5 inches (166 cm) in January 1895.
Climate data for Susanville 2 SW, California (1971-2000) Average high F ( C) 40.4 The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Susanville had a populace of 17,947.
The Enumeration reported that 9,439 citizens (52.6% of the population) lived in homeholds, 108 (0.6%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 8,400 (46.8%) were institutionalized.
There were 3,833 homeholds, out of which 1,357 (35.4%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 1,645 (42.9%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 499 (13.0%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 233 (6.1%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 2,559 citizens (14.3%) under the age of 18, 2,547 citizens (14.2%) aged 18 to 24, 7,633 citizens (42.5%) aged 25 to 44, 4,024 citizens (22.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,184 citizens (6.6%) who were 65 years of age or older.
5,039 citizens (28.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 4,400 citizens (24.5%) lived in rental housing units.
There were 3,516 homeholds out of which 37.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 46.4% were married couples living together, 13.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 36.0% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 20.0% under the age of 18, 13.6% from 18 to 24, 41.5% from 25 to 44, 17.1% from 45 to 64, and 7.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
Two California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facilities, High Desert State Prison and California Correctional Center, are in Susanville. Susanville Railroad Depot, on the National Register of Historic Places, in 2013 Susanville lies at the junction of California State Routes 36 and 139.
Route 395 just outside Susanville's town/city limits.
Susanville Municipal Airport, 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Susanville, serves as a public, general aviation airport.
Lassen Rural Bus, directed by the Lassen County Transportation Commission, provided bus service inside the city.
Sage Stage, directed by Modoc County, joins Alturas, Susanville, and Reno, Nevada, with connections to Redding, California and Klamoth Falls, Oregon The Quincy Railroad no longer serves Susanville on the former Southern Pacific Railroad line since 2004.
In the California State Legislature, Susanville 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, Susanville is in California's 1st congressional district, represented by Republican Doug La - Malfa. According to Susanville's 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 1 High Desert State Prison 1,250 2 California Correctional Center 1,000 4 Susanville Indian Rancheria 295 14 City of Susanville 62 This is a list of citizens who have lived in Susanville at some time.
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