Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 51 min5:38 am – 8:29 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 29 min7:15 am – 4:44 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 93°F, lows 63°FColdest month January: highs 55°F, lows 39°F32 in of rain a yearwettest month January4 in of snow a year, on about 1 days75 days above 90°F, 15 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Sutter Hill Cdf station, 15 mi away; snow from W Pt
Nearby landmarksMount Crossmanpeak · under a mileCanzatti Springspring · 1.9 miRound Mountainpeak · 6.3 miTiger Creek Reservoirreservoir · 3.0 miTiger Creek Forbayreservoir · 4.0 miWilson Lakelake · 5.1 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsMollie Joyce Parkpark · 2.8 mi · 67 acresEldorado National Forestnational forest · 6.5 mi · 614,604 acresIndian Grinding Rock State Historic Parkstate historic site · 5.4 mi · 132 acresEldorado Purchase Unitnational forest · 8.4 miStanislaus National Forestnational forest · 15.8 mi · 899,802 acresCalaveras Big Trees State Parkstate park · 18.9 mi · 6,452 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes169 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19705 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 4.5 on 4 Sep 197847 mi away, near Mesa Vista, CaliforniaMost recent: magnitude 3.4 on 17 Dec 202448 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively LowAmador County, CA, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsDrought Relatively HighWildfire Relatively HighAvalanche Relatively HighWinter weather Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality87% of days had good air in 2025318 of 364 days measured46 moderate daysMedian index 38, worst day 97main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, Amador County monitors, CA
Drinking waterAwa Buckhorn Plantserves 8,791 people from surface waterNo health-based violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation3,382 ft1,031 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalSutter Amador Hospital14.0 miPost officePioneer Post Office2.7 miFire stationAmador Fire Protection District Station 1111.0 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportStockton Metropolitan Airport SCK54 miMajor airportSacramento International Airport SMF59 miUS highwayUS 5020 miAmtrakAuburn, CA ARN42 miTransit1 stop within a mileAmador Transit (AT)Sources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 95644 ZIP area.
