Burnt Ranch, California


Burnt Ranch a census-designated place in Trinity County, California. It has a school and a post office. Its ZIP Code is 95527, and it is in area code 530. Its elevation is. Its population is 250 as of the 2020 census, down from 281 from the 2010 census.

History

In early times, the area was inhabited by people speaking a form of the Chimariko language, which was spoken along the Trinity River from the mouth of South Fork at Salyer as far upstream as Trinity County, California|Big Bar]; their principal village was at present-day Burnt Ranch. Pre-contact, the Native American people of this area all spoke Chimariko as well as a dialect of the Hupa language. This is the Tsnungwe dialect of Hupa.
Burnt Ranch is so named because a party of Indian raiders burned down the majority of the town in 1863.
On 2 August 1858, J.W. Winslet's party of 16 men from Burnt Ranch were ambushed by the Whilkut in the Bald Hills along a trail to the Hupa villages, killing one man and wounding Winslet; the party retreated to Pardee's Ranch.
Burnt Ranch was destroyed in the spring of 1863 by an Indian raiding party.

Burnt Ranch became a temporary camp from May to November 1864, used by 1st Battalion [California Volunteer Mountaineers] while moving Indians to Fort [Humboldt State Historic Park|Fort Humboldt].

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of, 99.99% of it land and 0.01% of it water. The town is 15.7 miles southeast of Willow Creek on State Route 299.

Climate

This region experiences hot and dry summers. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Burnt Ranch has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.

Demographics

Amesti first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.

2020 census

The 2020 United States census reported that Burnt Ranch had a population of 250. The population density was. The racial makeup of Burnt Ranch was 193 White, 0 African American, 11 Native Americans in [the United States|Native American], 2 Asian, 1 Pacific Islander, 3 from other races, and 40 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 19 persons.
The whole population lived in households. There were 118 households, out of which 14 had children under the age of 18 living in them, 47 were married-couple households, 12 were cohabiting couple households, 13 had a female householder with no partner present, and 46 had a male householder with no partner present. 39 households were one person, and 6 were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.12. There were 66 families.
The age distribution was 39 people under the age of 18, 11 people aged 18 to 24, 69 people aged 25 to 44, 69 people aged 45 to 64, and 62 people who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 48.0years. For every 100 females, there were 135.8 males.
There were 135 housing units at an average density of, of which 118 were occupied. Of these, 87 were owner-occupied, and 31 were occupied by renters.

Politics

In the state legislature, Burnt Ranch is in, and.
Federally, Burnt Ranch is in.