Alder Springs (formerly, Oriental) is a set of springs and an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

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. It is located west-northwest of Elk Creek, at an elevation of 4455 feet (1358 m). The Oriental post office opened in 1888, changed its name to Alder Springs in 1917, and closed for good in 1940. Alder Springs is the location of the

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is the penal law enforcement agency of the government of California responsible for the operation of the California state prison and parole systems. Its headquarters are in Sacra ...

Valley View Conservation Camp. This fire camp of approximately 115 inmates operates under a joint agreement of the California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation and the

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. The Berkeley Seismology Laboratory of the

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has strong motion sensor for detecting seismic activity here in addition to a short period sensor operated by the

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. There is also a nearby

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weather station.

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* Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Glenn County, California {{GlennCountyCA-geo-stub