Secret Town was a historical mining town in Placer County, California.[1] It was located 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Colfax,[2] at an elevation of 2904 feet (885 m).[1]
Secret | |
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Coordinates: 39°09′26″N 120°52′40″W / 39.15722°N 120.87778°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Placer County |
Elevation | 2,904 ft (885 m) |
Name
editAfter gold was discovered in this area, miners wanted to keep the location a secret, hence the unusual name.[3]
Climate
editClimate data for Secret Town, California | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 52.1 (11.2) |
53.7 (12.1) |
57.2 (14.0) |
62.3 (16.8) |
70.8 (21.6) |
80.1 (26.7) |
88.7 (31.5) |
88.2 (31.2) |
83.0 (28.3) |
72.4 (22.4) |
58.3 (14.6) |
52.0 (11.1) |
68.2 (20.1) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 34.3 (1.3) |
35.8 (2.1) |
37.5 (3.1) |
41.0 (5.0) |
47.2 (8.4) |
53.0 (11.7) |
59.5 (15.3) |
58.5 (14.7) |
55.0 (12.8) |
47.7 (8.7) |
38.8 (3.8) |
34.0 (1.1) |
45.2 (7.3) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 10.31 (262) |
8.44 (214) |
8.22 (209) |
4.09 (104) |
2.42 (61) |
0.78 (20) |
0.09 (2.3) |
0.16 (4.1) |
0.82 (21) |
2.93 (74) |
6.35 (161) |
9.29 (236) |
53.9 (1,368.4) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 7.6 (19) |
4.3 (11) |
4.5 (11) |
0.5 (1.3) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.8 (2.0) |
6.7 (17) |
24.4 (61.3) |
Source 1: NOAA[4] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: XMACIS2[5] |
Railway bridge
editSecret Town was the site of a very long trestle railroad bridge. The 1100 ft (335 m) long and 95 ft (29 m) high Secret Town wooden trestle on the Central Pacific Railroad's grade, like most of the other trestles of the line, was filled in with earth and rock after the railroad opened to traffic and could afford to send Chinese laborers back to improve the right-of-way by reducing the risk of catching fire from smokestack sparks as steam locomotives crossed.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Secret Town, California
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 553. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ a b Secret Town Fill. Explore APA Heritage - Chinese Heritage Sites of the American West.
- ^ "Station Name: CA Secret Town" (PDF). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ "xmACIS2". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved February 26, 2023.