Elk Creek is a

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Glenn County Glenn County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,917. The county seat is Willows. It is located in the Sacramento Valley, in the northern part of the California Central Valley. The ...

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. It is located northwest of

Willows Willows, also called sallows and osiers, of the genus ''Salix'', comprise around 350 species (plus numerous hybrids) of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions. Most species are known ...

, at an elevation of 745 feet (227 m). The 2020 census reported that Elk Creek's population was 138. It is home to the smallest public high school in California, which has an enrollment of about 35 students in grades 7 through 12. The

Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians The Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians is a federally recognized tribe and ranchería of Wintun and Wailaki Indians from northern California.Stony Gorge Reservoir Stony Gorge Dam (National ID # CA10194) is a dam in Glenn County, California. The concrete buttress dam was constructed between and by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, with a height of and long at its crest. Structurally it is a rel ...

. Elk Creek, the town's namesake, runs out of the Coast Range mountains to the east into Stony Creek. Stony Creek runs from the dam at Stony Gorge into another lake a bit further up the map called Black Butte Lake. Hunting is restricted to shotguns and bows.

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Elk Creek had a population of 138. The population density was . The racial makeup of Elk Creek was 120 (87.0%)

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, 1 (0.7%)

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, 4 (2.9%) Native American, 0 (0.0%) Asian, 2 (1.4%)

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, 3 (2.2%) from other races, and 8 (5.8%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 8 persons (5.8%). The whole population lived in households. There were 58 households, out of which 7 (12.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 20 (34.5%) were married-couple households, 0 (0.0%) were

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couple households, 7 (12.1%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 31 (53.4%) had a male householder with no partner present. 29 households (50.0%) were one person, and 13 (22.4%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.38. There were 28

families Family (from ) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as ...

(48.3% of all households). The age distribution was 23 people (16.7%) under the age of 18, 1 people (0.7%) aged 18 to 24, 11 people (8.0%) aged 25 to 44, 51 people (37.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 52 people (37.7%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 61.1years. There were 73 males and 65 females. There were 80 housing units at an average density of , of which 58 (72.5%) were occupied. Of these, 35 (60.3%) were owner-occupied, and 23 (39.7%) were occupied by renters.

Climate

This region experiences hot and dry summers with temperatures reaching up to 115 degrees. According to the

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system, Elk Creek has a

hot-summer Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...

, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.

References

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