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Soda Springs, Nevada County, California
Unincorporated community in the United States
Unincorporated community in the United States
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | Soda Springs | |
| settlement_type | census-designated place | |
| motto | ||
| image_skyline | San Francisco Zephyr with SP helper at Soda Springs, December 1980.jpg | |
| imagesize | 300px | |
| image_caption | The Amtrak *San Francisco Zephyr* at Soda Springs | |
| pushpin_map | California | |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of Soda Springs in California | |
| pushpin_mapsize | ||
| coordinates | ||
| subdivision_type | Country | |
| subdivision_name | ||
| subdivision_type1 | State | |
| subdivision_name1 | California | |
| subdivision_type2 | County | |
| subdivision_name2 | Nevada | |
| established_date | ||
| unit_pref | US | |
| area_footnotes | ||
| area_total_sq_mi | 0.337 | |
| area_land_sq_mi | 0.337 | |
| area_water_sq_mi | 0 | |
| area_total_km2 | 0.872 | |
| area_land_km2 | 0.872 | |
| area_water_km2 | 0 | |
| area_water_percent | 0 | |
| area_note | ||
| population_as_of | [2020](2020-united-states-census) | |
| population_footnotes | ||
| population_total | 94 | |
| population_density_km2 | auto | |
| population_density_sq_mi | auto | |
| <!-- General information --> | timezone | Pacific (PST) |
| utc_offset | -8 | |
| timezone_DST | PDT | |
| utc_offset_DST | -7 | |
| elevation_footnotes | ||
| elevation_ft | 6768 | |
| <!-- Area/postal codes & others --> | postal_code_type | ZIP code |
| postal_code | 95728, 95724 | |
| area_code | 530 | |
| blank_name | GNIS feature IDs | |
| blank_info | 234848; 2628790 | |
| footnotes | ; |
For the ski resort of the same name, see Soda Springs Mountain Resort.
Soda Springs (formerly, Summit Valley, Soda Springs Station, Hopkins, Hopkins Springs, and Tinkers Station) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Nevada County, California, United States. Soda Springs is located 3 mi west of Donner Pass. The population was 94 at the 2020 census.
The Soda Springs Mountain Resort is located just off Highway 80 near Donner Summit.
Royal Gorge Cross Country Ski Resort, one of the largest in North America, is located about one mile southwest of Soda Springs.
History
Mark Hopkins and Leland Stanford established a resort at the location in the 1880s.
The Summit Valley post office opened in 1870, changed its name to Soda Springs in 1875, and closed in 1881. It was reopened in 1929.
The Central Pacific Railroad station was named Tinkers Station from 1867 to 1873, commemorating J.A. Tinker.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 0.3 square miles (0.9 km), all of it land.
Climate
Soda Springs has a dry-summer continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dsb) that is characterized by warm, dry summers, and cold, extremely snowy winters. Snow depth peaks at 93 inches (236.2 cm) during March. Soda Springs is listed as the snowiest place in the state of California and one of the snowiest census-designated places in the world.
|Jan record high F = 61 |Feb record high F = 65 |Mar record high F = 64 |Apr record high F = 72 |May record high F = 79 |Jun record high F = 88 |Jul record high F = 91 |Aug record high F = 88 |Sep record high F = 92 |Oct record high F = 78 |Nov record high F = 72 |Dec record high F = 67
|Jan avg record high F = 52.9 |Feb avg record high F = 54.0 |Mar avg record high F = 57.7 |Apr avg record high F = 63.7 |May avg record high F = 71.2 |Jun avg record high F = 79.3 |Jul avg record high F = 84.5 |Aug avg record high F = 83.0 |Sep avg record high F = 80.3 |Oct avg record high F = 73.0 |Nov avg record high F = 64.5 |Dec avg record high F = 58.0 |year avg record high F = 85.9
|Jan avg record low F = -7.7 |Feb avg record low F = -8.3 |Mar avg record low F = -2.7 |Apr avg record low F = 8.3 |May avg record low F = 18.4 |Jun avg record low F = 27.4 |Jul avg record low F = 35.8 |Aug avg record low F = 33.9 |Sep avg record low F = 27.8 |Oct avg record low F = 19.7 |Nov avg record low F = 6.1 |Dec avg record low F = -4.3 |year avg record low F = -13.9
|Jan record low F = -24 |Feb record low F = -28 |Mar record low F = -20 |Apr record low F = -10 |May record low F = 2 |Jun record low F = 21 |Jul record low F = 28 |Aug record low F = 24 |Sep record low F = 20 |Oct record low F = 6 |Nov record low F = -6 |Dec record low F = -17
|Jan snow depth inch = 74 |Feb snow depth inch = 90 |Mar snow depth inch = 108 |Apr snow depth inch = 90 |May snow depth inch = 46 |Jun snow depth inch = 15 |Jul snow depth inch = 0 |Aug snow depth inch = 0 |Sep snow depth inch = 1 |Oct snow depth inch = 6 |Nov snow depth inch = 17 |Dec snow depth inch = 49 |year snow depth inch = 118
|access-date = October 12, 2022
Demographics
|align-fn=center 2010
Soda Springs first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.
The 2020 United States census reported that Soda Springs had a population of 94. The population density was 278.9 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of Soda Springs was 73 (78%) White, 1 (1%) Native American, 2 (2%) Asian, and 18 (19%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12 persons (13%).
There were 43 households, and the average household size was 2.19.
There were 131 housing units at an average density of 388.7 /mi2, of which 43 (33%) were occupied and 84 (64%) were used seasonally. Of the occupied units, 37 (86%) were owner-occupied, and 6 (14%) were occupied by renters.
Politics
In the state legislature, Soda Springs is in , and .
Federally, Soda Springs is in .
Education
It is in the Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District.
References
References
- "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
- "US Census Bureau".
- {{gnis. 234848
- {{California's Geographic Names. 558
- {{gnis. 2628790
- (1998). "California place names : the origin and etymology of current geographical names". University of California Press.
- "Decennial Census by Decade".
- "2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California".
- "Soda Springs CDP, California; DP1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics - 2020 Census of Population and Housing".
- "Soda Springs CDP, California; P16: Household Type - 2020 Census of Population and Housing".
- "Senators". State of California.
- "Members Assembly". State of California.
- {{Cite GovTrack. CA. 3
- Geography Division. (December 18, 2020). "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Nevada County, CA". [[U.S. Census Bureau]].
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