Haiwee ( Timbisha: ''Heewi'', meaning "Dove") is an unincorporated community in Inyo County, California. It is located on the

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south-southwest of Keeler, at an elevation of 4075 feet (1242 m).

History

Haiwee has variously been known formerly as "McGuire's", Willie Arthur Chalfant, The story of Inyo, Hammond Press, W. B. Conkey Company, Chicago, 1922, p. 180–183
/ref> "Haiwai", "Hawaii" and "Hayways". The settlement there began in 1864, as a waystop at Haiwai Meadows on the road between Visalia and the Owens Valley. The stop was run by a man named McGuire and his wife and young son. McGuire's wife and son were killed in an Indian attack while he was away on January 1, 1865. Owens Valley settler militia avenged their deaths, with an attack on the Indian village where the killers had taken refuge, in the Owens Lake Massacre on January 6, 1865. This was one of the last fights in the Owens Valley Indian War. The original settlement site and the Haiwai Meadows are under the water of the Haiwee Reservoir. The town moved to a site west of the reservoir. A post office operated at Haiwee from 1906 to 1913, moving in 1909. The 2020 population of Haiwee is 25 within Census Tract 8, Blocks 2270, 2273, 2274, 2242, 2169, 2267, 2264, 2165https://www.inyocounty.us/sites/default/files/2020-02/Landuse%20Diagrams.pdf

Climate

Haiwee has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate( Köppen climate classification: ''Csa'') with winters being cold and summers being very hot. Due to its high elevation and low humidity, it experiences dramatic diurnal temperature variation, and it is common to have a difference of 30 °F between daily highs and lows.

References

Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Inyo County, California {{InyoCountyCA-geo-stub