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]
Piercy | |
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 California State Route 271 in Piercy in December 3, 2024. | |
  Piercy Location in California  Piercy Piercy (the United States) | |
| 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 |
The first post office at Piercy opened in 1920.[3] The name honors Sam Piercy, who settled there around 1900.[3]
Climate
editThis 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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
editThe 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.
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