Ono is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Shasta County, California Shasta County (), officially the County of Shasta, is a county in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. Its population is 182,155 as of the 2020 census, up from 177,223 from the 2010 census. The county seat is Redding. Shasta ...

. Ono's center is on County Road A16, locally known as Platina Road, the village's only access to the rest of the world. It is about from its neighbor, Igo, and about from Redding, the

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. Its population is 93 as of the 2020 census. According to tradition, the community was named for the answer ("Oh, no") usually given by a miner to his son when asked if the latter could accompany his father to work. The name might instead be biblical in origin. Ono is a community in slow decline, which began in the late 1970s when it lost its primary school and post office to is local neighbor, Igo. In 2020, the Zogg Fire destroyed several buildings in Ono, including the Ono Store and Ono Grange.

Climate

According to the

Köppen Climate Classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

system, Ono has a

warm-summer Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate (also called a dry summer temperate climate ''Cs'') is a temperate climate sub-type, generally characterized by warm, dry summers and mild, fairly wet winters; these weather conditions are typically experienced in the ...

, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.Climate Summary for Ono, California
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References

Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Shasta County, California {{ShastaCountyCA-geo-stub