McCloud, California

History

A. F. Friday George erected a lumber mill here in 1892. Difficulty hauling lumber over hills by oxen caused the business to fail. The McCloud River Railroad Company was founded in 1895, enabling the transport of lumber from the region. A lumber mill was built by the McCloud River Lumber Company, and electricity and steam heat for homes in McCloud was supplied by the mill. The mill was sold in 1963 to U.S. Plywood, and in 1965, company homes in McCloud were transferred to private owners. The McCloud Community Services District was formed to oversee utilities, library services, and police and fire protection. The lumber mill closed in 1979, re-opened in 1980, and closed in 2002.

Geography

McCloud is located on the southern slope of Mount Shasta.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.5 sqmi, of which, 2.4 sqmi of it is land and 0.1 sqmi of it (2.65%) is water.

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, McCloud has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.

| Jan record high F = 71 | Feb record high F = 79 | Mar record high F = 84 | Apr record high F = 90 | May record high F = 100 | Jun record high F = 105 | Jul record high F = 108 | Aug record high F = 107 | Sep record high F = 106 | Oct record high F = 96 | Nov record high F = 83 | Dec record high F = 73 | year record high F = 108

|Jan avg record high F = 62 |Feb avg record high F = 65 |Mar avg record high F = 71 |Apr avg record high F = 79 |May avg record high F = 88 |Jun avg record high F = 94 |Jul avg record high F = 100 |Aug avg record high F = 99 |Sep avg record high F = 96 |Oct avg record high F = 88 |Nov avg record high F = 71 |Dec avg record high F = 61 |year avg record high F = 101

|Jan avg record low F = 11 |Feb avg record low F = 14 |Mar avg record low F = 19 |Apr avg record low F = 23 |May avg record low F = 28 |Jun avg record low F = 33 |Jul avg record low F = 39 |Aug avg record low F = 38 |Sep avg record low F = 33 |Oct avg record low F = 25 |Nov avg record low F = 18 |Dec avg record low F = 13 |year avg record low F = 7

| Jan record low F = -11 | Feb record low F = -12 | Mar record low F = -2 | Apr record low F = 8 | May record low F = 14 | Jun record low F = 21 | Jul record low F = 28 | Aug record low F = 20 | Sep record low F = 21 | Oct record low F = 11 | Nov record low F = 0 | Dec record low F = -14 | year record low F = | precipitation colour = green

Demographics

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that McCloud had a population of 945. The population density was 390.2 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of McCloud was 789 (83.5%) White, 3 (0.3%) African American, 4 (0.4%) Native American, 6 (0.6%) Asian, 3 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 14 (1.5%) from other races, and 126 (13.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 75 persons (7.9%).

The whole population lived in households. There were 477 households, out of which 56 (11.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 203 (42.6%) were married-couple households, 24 (5.0%) were cohabiting couple households, 139 (29.1%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 111 (23.3%) had a male householder with no partner present. 187 households (39.2%) were one person, and 113 (23.7%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.98.

The age distribution was 116 people (12.3%) under the age of 18, 46 people (4.9%) aged 18 to 24, 126 people (13.3%) aged 25 to 44, 297 people (31.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 360 people (38.1%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 60.1years. For every 100 females, there were 89.8 males.

There were 678 housing units at an average density of 279.9 /mi2, of which 477 (70.4%) were occupied. Of these, 329 (69.0%) were owner-occupied, and 148 (31.0%) were occupied by renters.

2010

At the 2010 census McCloud had a population of 1,101. The population density was 442.5 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of McCloud was 1,039 (94.4%) White, 8 (0.7%) African American, 10 (0.9%) Native American, 6 (0.5%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 5 (0.5%) from other races, and 33 (3.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 65 people (5.9%).

The census reported that 1,099 people (99.8% of the population) lived in households, 2 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.

There were 528 households, 109 (20.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 240 (45.5%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 48 (9.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, 22 (4.2%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 29 (5.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 3 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 190 households (36.0%) were one person and 96 (18.2%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.08. There were 310 families (58.7% of households); the average family size was 2.66.

The age distribution was 188 people (17.1%) under the age of 18, 67 people (6.1%) aged 18 to 24, 186 people (16.9%) aged 25 to 44, 369 people (33.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 291 people (26.4%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 51.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.0 males.

There were 732 housing units at an average density of 294.2 per square mile, of the occupied units 330 (62.5%) were owner-occupied and 198 (37.5%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 11.2%. 676 people (61.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 423 people (38.4%) lived in rental housing units.

2000

At the 2000 census, the median household income was $29,500 and the median family income was $35,882. Males had a median income of $34,792 versus $19,545 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,974. About 14.5% of families and 18.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 30.3% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over.

Economy

In 2006, Nestlé began negotiations with McCloud to build a bottled water plant, using water from the springs of Mt. Shasta. The contract process was protested by local special interest groups whose said Nestlé neglected to study the impact on the region's ground water and overstated the plant's potential economic benefits. In 2009, Nestlé instead opened a bottling plant in Sacramento.

Arts and culture

A portion of downtown McCloud is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Government

In the state legislature McCloud is in , and .

Federally, McCloud is in .

Notable people

• Pat Clements—baseball player
• Rolin Eslinger—professional world champion lumberjack

References

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