TRANSPORTATION Highways State Route 70, State Route 89 and parts of State Routes 36 and 49. Car rental Lake Almanor Towing . (530) 258-3062 Public transportation Plumas County Transit. (530) 283-2538 Airports • Reno-Tahoe International Airport, 2001 Plumb Lane, Reno, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (775) 328-6400 • Nervino Field Beckwourth . . . . . . (530) 832-6940 • Gansner Field Quincy. . . . . . . . . . . (530) 283-2600 • Rogers Field Chester . . . . . . . . . . (530) 258-3616 HOSPITALS • Seneca Health Care District Chester . . . . . . . . . . (530) 258-2151 • Plumas District Hospital Quincy . . . . . . . . . . . (530) 283-2121 • Eastern Plumas Health Care District Portola . . . . . . . . . . . (530) 832-6500
Chester Elevation: 4,550 feet Greenville Elevation: 3,600 feet Portola Elevation: 5,000 feet Quincy Elevation: 3,409 feet
Annual snowfall (Inches)
IMPORTANT NUMBERS All emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911 Sheriff (business). . . . (530) 283-6375 CHP . . . . (530) 283-1100 or 832-4895 Road conditions . . . . . (800) 427-7623 AAA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (530) 283-1014
For local forecast (530) 221-5613
Normal precipitation (Inches)
TOTAL AREA • 2,618 square miles • 2,570 square miles of land • 48.4 square miles of water • 1,644,800 acres
WEATHER
47
20
85
32
128
49
22
89
39
52
46
17
86
20
60
50
23
90
40
55
RADIO STATIONS KSUE-AM,1240. . . . . . . (530) 257-2121 KQNC-FM, 88.1. . . . . . . (877) 480-5900 KQNY-FM, 91.9 . . . . . . . (530) 283-5494 KJDX-FM, 93.3. . . . . . . . (530) 257-2121 KNLF-FM, 95.9 . . . . . . . (530) 283-4145 KLZN-FM, 96.3 . . . . . . . (530) 257-6100 KTOR-FM, 96.9, 99.7 . . (530) 256-2400 K-LOVE-FM, 98.9 . . . . . (800) 525-5683 NEWSPAPERS • Feather River Bulletin Quincy . . . . . . . . . . . (530) 283-0800 • Indian Valley Record Greenville . . . . . . . . . (530) 284-7800 • Chester Progressive (530) 258-3115 • Portola Reporter . . . (530) 832-4646 • www.plumasnews.com BANKS • Bank of America Quincy . . . . . . . . . . (530) 283-6600 Portola. . . . . . . . . . . (530) 832-4488 • Plumas Bank Quincy. . . . . . . . . . . (530) 283-6800 Chester . . . . . . . . . . (530) 258-4161 Greenville . . . . . . . . (530) 284-6114 Portola. . . . . . . . . . . (530) 832-4405 • U.S. Bank Chester . . . . . . . . . . (530) 258-2145 Quincy. . . . . . . . . . . (530) 283-6610
P L U M A S C O U N T Y I N F O R M AT I O N
POPULATION Plumas County . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,054 Chester-Lake Almanor . . . . . . . . 5,428 Indian Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,837 Feather River Canyon . . . . . . . . . . 206 Quincy area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,793 Mohawk Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,843 Sierra Valley-Last Chance . . . . . 2,698 Portola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,249
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Mean July maximum temperature
9:00 AM
Mean January minimum temperature
4/3/12
Mean annual temperature
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LIBRARIES Chester Branch . . . . .(530) 258-2742 Greenville Branch . . .(530) 284-7416 Quincy Branch . . . . . .(530) 283-6310 Portola Branch . . . . . .(530) 832-4241 SCHOOLS Plumas Unified School District Quincy. . . . . . . . . . . . (530) 283-6500 Plumas Charter School (530) 283-3851 Chester-Lake Almanor Chester High School . . (530) 258-2126 Chester Elementary. . . (530) 258-3194 St. Andrews Academy. . (530) 596-3343 Indian Valley Greenville High School . (530) 284-7197 Greenville Elementary . . (530) 284-7195 Taylorsville Elementary (530) 284-7421 Portola Portola High School. . . (530) 832-4284 Carmichael Elementary. (530) 832-0211 Quincy Quincy High School. . . (530) 283-6510 Pioneer Elementary. . . (530) 283-6520 Quincy Elementary . . . (530) 283-6550 Plumas Christian . . . . . (530) 283-0415 Feather River College . (530) 283-0202
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