Piercy, California
Piercy | |
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Coordinates: 39°57′59″N 123°47′43″W / 39.96639°N 123.79528°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Mendocino County |
Elevation | 794 ft (242 m) |
ZIP code | 95587[2] |
Area code | 707 |
Piercy is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.[1] It is located on the South Fork of the Eel River, 9 miles (14 km) north-northwest of Leggett,[3] at an elevation of 794 feet (242 m).[1]
The first post office at Piercy opened in 1920.[3] The name honors Sam Piercy, who settled there around 1900.[3]
Climate
[edit]This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22.0 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Piercy has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated Csb on climate maps.[4]
Climate data for Piercy, California | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 53 (12) | 56 (13) | 59 (15) | 63 (17) | 69 (21) | 76 (24) | 84 (29) | 84 (29) | 82 (28) | 71 (22) | 59 (15) | 52 (11) | 67 (20) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 37 (3) | 37 (3) | 38 (3) | 40 (4) | 44 (7) | 49 (9) | 53 (12) | 52 (11) | 49 (9) | 44 (7) | 39 (4) | 36 (2) | 43 (6) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 12.60 (320) | 10.54 (268) | 9.96 (253) | 4.87 (124) | 2.18 (55) | 0.81 (21) | 0.05 (1.3) | 0.08 (2.0) | 0.63 (16) | 3.34 (85) | 7.73 (196) | 13.55 (344) | 66.34 (1,685.3) |
Source: Prism[5] |
Notable events
[edit]The town hosted the Jerry Garcia Band a number of times throughout the late 1980s to 1990, captured in the 2019 six-CD release titled Electric on the Eel.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Piercy, California
- ^ "Piercy ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ a b c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 122. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ Climate Summary for Piercy, California
- ^ [1] U.S. Climate Data. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ^ Doyle, Patrick (January 31, 2019). "Jerry Garcia Band's Legendary Eel River Shows to Be Released in Box Set". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 13, 2021.