Jess Valley Schoolhouse
Appearance
Jess Valley Schoolhouse | |
Nearest city | Likely, California |
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Coordinates | 41°15′59″N 120°18′39″W / 41.26639°N 120.31083°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1900 |
NRHP reference No. | 99000582[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 20, 1999 |
The Jess Valley Schoolhouse, in Modoc County, California near Likely, California, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]
It is a one-room schoolhouse located on County Road 64 about 12.2 miles (19.6 km) east of Likely.[2]
It is a woodframe building about 19 by 32 feet (5.8 m × 9.8 m) in plan. feet. It faces south, is front gabled and has gable returns and corner boards. Its original shake roof was replaced with tin.[2]
It was built by Orville and Gus Sweeney who probably also designed it, though its "design is typical of one-room schools built throughout the country in the late 1800s and early 1900s."[2]
Climate
[edit]Climate data for Jess Valley, California | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 69 (21) |
68 (20) |
76 (24) |
81 (27) |
89 (32) |
96 (36) |
102 (39) |
105 (41) |
97 (36) |
91 (33) |
78 (26) |
67 (19) |
105 (41) |
Mean maximum °F (°C) | 56 (13) |
59 (15) |
64 (18) |
73 (23) |
79 (26) |
87 (31) |
94 (34) |
93 (34) |
88 (31) |
81 (27) |
68 (20) |
57 (14) |
94 (34) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 42.6 (5.9) |
44.7 (7.1) |
49.8 (9.9) |
55.5 (13.1) |
64.5 (18.1) |
73.6 (23.1) |
83.7 (28.7) |
83.2 (28.4) |
76.1 (24.5) |
64.2 (17.9) |
48.9 (9.4) |
41.2 (5.1) |
60.7 (15.9) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 31.0 (−0.6) |
32.9 (0.5) |
37.6 (3.1) |
42.1 (5.6) |
49.5 (9.7) |
56.8 (13.8) |
65.2 (18.4) |
64.6 (18.1) |
58.0 (14.4) |
48.1 (8.9) |
36.5 (2.5) |
29.8 (−1.2) |
46.0 (7.8) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 19.4 (−7.0) |
21.0 (−6.1) |
25.3 (−3.7) |
28.2 (−2.1) |
34.3 (1.3) |
40.4 (4.7) |
46.6 (8.1) |
46.1 (7.8) |
40.1 (4.5) |
32.0 (0.0) |
24.4 (−4.2) |
18.4 (−7.6) |
31.4 (−0.4) |
Mean minimum °F (°C) | 2 (−17) |
5 (−15) |
11 (−12) |
17 (−8) |
23 (−5) |
30 (−1) |
37 (3) |
36 (2) |
29 (−2) |
20 (−7) |
8 (−13) |
−1 (−18) |
−5 (−21) |
Record low °F (°C) | −33 (−36) |
−28 (−33) |
−7 (−22) |
5 (−15) |
15 (−9) |
18 (−8) |
19 (−7) |
27 (−3) |
16 (−9) |
1 (−17) |
−8 (−22) |
−28 (−33) |
−33 (−36) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.88 (48) |
1.60 (41) |
1.94 (49) |
2.31 (59) |
2.66 (68) |
1.55 (39) |
0.45 (11) |
0.56 (14) |
0.77 (20) |
1.34 (34) |
2.05 (52) |
2.36 (60) |
19.47 (495) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 13.1 (33) |
10.2 (26) |
14.6 (37) |
12.8 (33) |
4.2 (11) |
0.3 (0.76) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.2 (0.51) |
2.8 (7.1) |
8.1 (21) |
15.4 (39) |
81.7 (208.37) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 9.1 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 8.3 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 79.3 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 32.3 |
Source: NOAA[3] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c Karol E. Woodward. "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Jess Valley Schoolhouse". National Park Service. Retrieved November 12, 2019. With accompanying four photos from 1997
- ^ Climate in Jess Valley, California https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=mfr