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Coordinates: 39°57′59″N 123°47′43″W / 39.96639°N 123.79528°W / 39.96639; -123.79528
  
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Piercy
Unincorporated community
Piercy is located in California
Piercy

Piercy

Location in California

Piercy is located in the United States
Piercy

Piercy

Piercy (the United States)

Coordinates: 39°57′59″N 123°47′43″W / 39.96639°N 123.79528°W / 39.96639; -123.79528
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyMendocino County
Elevation
[1]
794 ft (242 m)
ZIP code
95587[2]
Area code707

Piercy is an unincorporated communityinMendocino County, California.[1] It is located on the South Fork of the Eel River, 9 miles (14 km) north-northwest of Leggett,[3] at an elevation of 794 feet (242 m).[1]

The first post office at Piercy opened in 1920.[3] The name honors Sam Piercy, who settled there around 1900.[3]

Climate

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This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22.0 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Piercy has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated Csb on climate maps.[4]

Climate data for Piercy, California
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 53
(12) 		56
(13) 		59
(15) 		63
(17) 		69
(21) 		76
(24) 		84
(29) 		84
(29) 		82
(28) 		71
(22) 		59
(15) 		52
(11) 		67
(20)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 37
(3) 		37
(3) 		38
(3) 		40
(4) 		44
(7) 		49
(9) 		53
(12) 		52
(11) 		49
(9) 		44
(7) 		39
(4) 		36
(2) 		43
(6)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 13.00
(330) 		10.34
(263) 		9.76
(248) 		4.87
(124) 		2.18
(55) 		0.81
(21) 		0.05
(1.3) 		0.08
(2.0) 		0.63
(16) 		3.34
(85) 		7.73
(196) 		13.55
(344) 		66.34
(1,685.3)
Source: Prism[5]

Notable events

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The town hosted the Jerry Garcia Band a number of times throughout the late 1980s to 1990, captured in the 2019 six-CD release titled Electric on the Eel.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Piercy, California
  • ^ "Piercy ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  • ^ a b c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 122. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  • ^ Climate Summary for Piercy, California
  • ^ [1] U.S. Climate Data. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  • ^ Doyle, Patrick (January 31, 2019). "Jerry Garcia Band's Legendary Eel River Shows to Be Released in Box Set". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 13, 2021.


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