Emigrant Gap, California

Emigrant Gap (formerly, Wilsons Ranch)[4] is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California.[1] The Emigrant Gap community is located 0.25 miles (0.4 km) southwest of the Emigrant Gap landmark.[4] It lies at an elevation of 5190 feet (1582 m).[1]

Emigrant Gap
Unincorporated community
Emigrant Gap, California post office
Emigrant Gap, California post office
Emigrant Gap is located in California
Emigrant Gap
Emigrant Gap
Location in California
Coordinates: 39°17′49″N 120°40′22″W
Country United States
State California
CountyPlacer County
Elevation
[1]
5,190 ft (1,582 m)
Population
 (2016 [2])
 • Total80 [2]
ZIP codes
95715 [2]
Area code530[3]

The Wilsons Ranch post office opened in 1865, changed its name to Emigrant Gap in 1868.[4] The name Wilsons Ranch honored a stage stop operator.[4]

Climate

Eimgrant Gap has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb) according to the Köppen climate classification system. Summers are warm and occasionally hot with cool nights, while winters are cold and snowy. The Western Regional Climate Center had a weather station at an elevation of 5014 feet right next to Emigrant Gap at Lake Spaulding.

Climate data for Emigrant Gap, California (Lake Spaulding), 1981-2010 temperature and precipitation normals, snowfall and extremes 1902–2003
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 72
(22)		 75
(24)		 87
(31)		 96
(36)		 97
(36)		 100
(38)		 104
(40)		 103
(39)		 106
(41)		 95
(35)		 86
(30)		 72
(22)		 106
(41)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 55
(13)		 57
(14)		 69
(21)		 83
(28)		 88
(31)		 92
(33)		 95
(35)		 93
(34)		 90
(32)		 81
(27)		 70
(21)		 58
(14)		 95
(35)
Average high °F (°C) 44.1
(6.7)		 44.6
(7.0)		 46.5
(8.1)		 53.2
(11.8)		 61.3
(16.3)		 72.7
(22.6)		 81.6
(27.6)		 81.5
(27.5)		 75.4
(24.1)		 63.9
(17.7)		 49.2
(9.6)		 44.0
(6.7)		 59.8
(15.5)
Daily mean °F (°C) 35.0
(1.7)		 36.7
(2.6)		 38.9
(3.8)		 43.7
(6.5)		 51.2
(10.7)		 58.8
(14.9)		 65.0
(18.3)		 63.9
(17.7)		 59.7
(15.4)		 51.6
(10.9)		 42.2
(5.7)		 37.8
(3.2)		 48.6
(9.2)
Average low °F (°C) 27.3
(−2.6)		 27.1
(−2.7)		 29.2
(−1.6)		 35.3
(1.8)		 42.1
(5.6)		 49.3
(9.6)		 57.3
(14.1)		 56.9
(13.8)		 49.2
(9.6)		 41.3
(5.2)		 33.1
(0.6)		 26.6
(−3.0)		 39.6
(4.2)
Mean minimum °F (°C) 12
(−11)		 13
(−11)		 14
(−10)		 25
(−4)		 31
(−1)		 32
(0)		 48
(9)		 47
(8)		 38
(3)		 29
(−2)		 20
(−7)		 11
(−12)		 9
(−13)
Record low °F (°C) −3
(−19)		 −2
(−19)		 0
(−18)		 12
(−11)		 16
(−9)		 24
(−4)		 33
(1)		 32
(0)		 24
(−4)		 14
(−10)		 10
(−12)		 −4
(−20)		 −4
(−20)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 12.77
(324)		 11.78
(299)		 11.30
(287)		 6.41
(163)		 3.90
(99)		 1.29
(33)		 0.17
(4.3)		 0.20
(5.1)		 1.63
(41)		 3.77
(96)		 10.77
(274)		 13.56
(344)		 77.55
(1,969.4)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 53.8
(137)		 49.0
(124)		 49.1
(125)		 23.5
(60)		 6.4
(16)		 0.5
(1.3)		 0.0
(0.0)		 0.0
(0.0)		 0.1
(0.25)		 2.5
(6.4)		 17.9
(45)		 40.5
(103)		 243.3
(617.95)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) 12 12 12 9 7 4 1 1 3 5 9 11 86
Source: WRCC (temperature and precipitation averages 1981–2010, other values 1902-2003)

"Lake Spaulding, CA (044713./)". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved November 29, 2015. </ref>

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Emigrant Gap, California
  2. "Emigrant Gap (zip 95715), California People". www.bestplaces.net. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  3. "City of Emigrant Gap, CA Zip Codes - ZipCode.org". zipcode.org. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  4. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 482. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.


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