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Hat Creek, California
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Hat Creek |
| settlement_type | Census designated place |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | State |
| subdivision_name1 | California |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Shasta |
| population_total | 266 |
| population_as_of | 2020 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| unit_pref | US |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_sq_mi | 50.184 |
| area_land_sq_mi | 50.013 |
| area_water_sq_mi | 0.171 |
| area_total_km2 | 129.975 |
| area_land_km2 | 129.533 |
| area_water_km2 | 0.443 |
| area_water_percent | 0.34 |
| timezone | Pacific (PST) |
| utc_offset | -8 |
| timezone_DST | PDT |
| utc_offset_DST | -7 |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| elevation_m | 1043 |
| elevation_ft | 3422 |
| pushpin_map | California |
| pushpin_map_caption | Position in California. |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code_type | ZIP Code |
| postal_code | 96040 |
| area_code | 530 |
| blank_name | GNIS feature ID |
| blank_info | 2583033 |
| footnotes | |
| image_map | File:Shasta County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Hat Creek Highlighted 0632408.svg |
| map_caption | Location of Hat Creek in Shasta County, California. |
Hat Creek is a census designated place (CDP) in Shasta County, California. Hat Creek is situated at an elevation of 3,422 ft. Its population is 266 as of the 2020 census, down from 309 from the 2010 census.
Hat Creek is located 26 mi north of Lassen Park, 13 mi southeast of Burney (9 mi south of the junction of hwy 89 and 299), and 15 mi south of Burney Falls. Its zip code is 96040. Wired telephone numbers are from the Burney central office and follow the pattern 530-335-xxxx. Hat Creek is home to the Hat Creek Radio Observatory, run by SETI Institute.
The town's main economies are tourism, fishing, camping, and lodging. It's a travel hot spot in Shasta County, about 70 mi east of Redding, California and about the same distance to Susanville, California.
In 2021 the town was threatened by the Dixie Fire.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 50.2 mi2, 99.66% of it land and 0.34% of it water.
Climate
Hat Creek has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb) according to the Köppen climate classification system.
| Jan record high F = 70 | Feb record high F = 79 | Mar record high F = 83 | Apr record high F = 94 | May record high F = 101 | Jun record high F = 108 | Jul record high F = 113 | Aug record high F = 110 | Sep record high F = 107 | Oct record high F = 100 | Nov record high F = 88 | Dec record high F = 68 | year record high F = 113 | Jan record low F = -17 | Feb record low F = -8 | Mar record low F = 6 | Apr record low F = 10 | May record low F = 15 | Jun record low F = 21 | Jul record low F = 27 | Aug record low F = 27 | Sep record low F = 21 | Oct record low F = 10 | Nov record low F = 7 | Dec record low F = -20 | year record low F = -20 | precipitation colour = green
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Demographics
The 2020 United States census reported that Hat Creek had a population of 266. The population density was 5.3 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of Hat Creek was 183 (68.8%) White, 0 (0.0%) African American, 37 (13.9%) Native American, 2 (0.8%) Asian, 5 (1.9%) Pacific Islander, 21 (7.9%) from other races, and 18 (6.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 30 persons (11.3%).
The census reported that 95.5% of the population lived in households, 12 people (4.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.
There were 106 households, out of which 27 (25.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 38 (35.8%) were married-couple households, 8 (7.5%) were cohabiting couple households, 29 (27.4%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 31 (29.2%) had a male householder with no partner present. 36 households (34.0%) were one person, and 19 (17.9%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.4.
The age distribution was 48 people (18.0%) under the age of 18, 24 people (9.0%) aged 18 to 24, 38 people (14.3%) aged 25 to 44, 66 people (24.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 90 people (33.8%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 53.7years. For every 100 females, there were 123.5 males.
There were 166 housing units at an average density of 3.3 /mi2, of which 106 (63.9%) were occupied. Of these, 66 (62.3%) were owner-occupied, and 40 (37.7%) were occupied by renters.
Politics
In the state legislature Hat Creek is in , and .
Federally, Hat Creek is in .
References
References
- [https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt U.S. Census]
- {{GNIS. 2583033
- Kaku, Michio. (2023). "Quantum Supremacy". Doubleday.
- "Dixie Fire Update for September 10, 2021". National Wildfire Coordinating Group.
- "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
- "Hat Creek CDP, California; DP1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics - 2020 Census of Population and Housing".
- "Hat Creek CDP, California; P16: Household Type - 2020 Census of Population and Housing".
- "Senators". State of California.
- "Members Assembly". State of California.
- {{Cite GovTrack. CA. 1
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